Rachel Loo, Author at Property & Build

July 3, 2025 0

Slight growth in property values

Property prices have increased after dropping for two consecutive months, but Cotality NZ (formerly CoreLogic) Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson says buyers are in no hurry to purchase Property values in Aotearoa New Zealand ticked up by +0.2% in June, reversing two minor monthly falls of -0.1% apiece in April and May, according to Cotality NZ’s latest hedonic Value Index (HVI). Continue →

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July 2, 2025 0

Property values overall increased by 0.2 percent in June, reversing two minor monthly falls in April and May, according to Cotality NZ. Property values remain 16.1 percent down from the January 2022 peak. Auckland and Wellington were stable, but there was a 0.2 percent rise in Dunedin, 0.3 percent in Hamilton and 0.6 percent each in Tauranga and Christchurch. An abundance of listings on the market means most buyers aren’t in a rush and can be quite tough when it comes to price negotiations.

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July 2, 2025 0

In the eight months to January 2025, 62 percent of commercial honeybee colonies in the US died. In June, scientists announced that they had identified the culprit, viruses spread by parasitic mites. Every single one of the mites was resistant to amitraz, the only viable mite-specific pesticide. Researchers are trying to develop ways of attacking honeybee viruses directly, rather than focusing on controlling varroa mites. But promising experimental treatments are still years away from leaving the lab.

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July 2, 2025 0

The need for another expensive enquiry into glyphosate, the active compound in Roundup, still draws different opinions from equally qualified experts. Whether or not another enquiry gets the green light will depend on the decision of the judge following a recent hearing where the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) was taken to court by the Environmental Law Initiative .

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July 2, 2025 0

Proficiency with AI tools has quickly become a top skill, and companies are working to train their employees how to use it. At the same time, AI is also emerging as a useful training tool in its own right. Fortune says AI is helping companies create training materials faster and more efficiently, as well as allowing them to design new, more interactive methods to train workers

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July 1, 2025 0

RX Japan Opens Exhibitor Registration for JAPAN BUILD Tokyo 2025, Aiming to Surpass 2024 Success

TOKYO, JAPAN — RX Japan has officially opened exhibitor registration for JAPAN BUILD Tokyo 2025, Japan’s premier exhibition for the building and construction industry. Continue →

Safety

June 25, 2025 0

BRANZ has opened a “world-leading” fire testing laboratory in Porirua, delivering a major boost to the ability to improve fire safety and support innovation in the building sector.

Board Chair, Nigel Smith, says the facility demonstrates how New Zealand science can drive safer outcomes for communities. Continue →

Housing

June 25, 2025 0

Support for the home side. Hundreds of state homes around New Zealand will be fitted with wool carpet.

This follows a decision by Kainga Ora to award a multi-million-dollar wool carpet contract to Bremworth. Continue →

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June 23, 2025 0

Even in the countries with the most developed senior-housing markets, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, only around five percent of seniors currently live in dedicated senior housing. McKinsey consultant Sam O’Gorman examines approaches in how operators can expand into the retrofit market and innovate with cutting-edge technology. He outlines approaches that could make senior housing more appealing, expand its reach, and enable better and more affordable care.

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June 23, 2025 0

CBRE Research estimates that 74 percent of AsiaPacific hotel supply between now and 2030 will be aligned with one of the top eight listed hotel companies – a significant increase over the currently operational market share of 18 percent. With hotel brand penetration still relatively low compared to the US and Europe, the AsiaPacific has become a key growth market. The report analyses the current state of the hotel brand landscape, and explores the brand strategies that owners and operators are pursuing to adapt to ever-changing market dynamics.

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June 23, 2025 0

The tyre recycling industry across the ditch is experiencing a significant transformation as companies embrace advanced sustainable recycling technology to meet growing environmental demands. In a new report from ISWA (The International Solid Waste Association, an international network of waste professionals and experts) RPM Automotive Group, a leading Australian automotive parts distributor, has partnered with Fornnax to revolutionise its waste processing capabilities through innovative shredding solutions.

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June 23, 2025 0

Genetically modified cells known as chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells have become potent cancer fighters, and scientists are now studying them as treatments for autoimmune diseases and other illnesses. But making them involves harvesting and transforming a person’s immune cells — a process that can take so long that patients sometimes die before the therapy is ready. A new approach induces the patient’s body to produce its own CAR-T cells, relying on the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that was instrumental for some COVID-19 vaccines.

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June 19, 2025 0

Renters are, on average, $1400 better off per year than they were this time last year as national weekly rental prices continue to trend down. New data from realestate.co.nz shows the national average rent in May 2025 fell to $633 per week, a drop of $27 per week, or 4.1 percent, compared to the same time last year.

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June 19, 2025 0

Landlords feel the pinch

Renters are, on average, $1400 better off per year than they were this time last year as national weekly rental prices continue to trend down. Continue →

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