PremiumOpinionOpinion byAnne GibsonProperty Editor·NZ Herald·8 Jun, 2026 05:00 PM6 mins to readAnne Gibson, Property Editor for New Zealand's Herald, has been writing about real estate since 1985 and is a skilled and knowledgeable journalist with deep insights into property as well as other businesses.Graeme Hart has buildings under construction in Auckland, via his Fernbrook business.Industrial trumps commercial and retail for development pace right now in a list of mega-Auckland projects out this month. One of New Zealand’s wealthiest men is tapping that rich vein.
About 63,000 people live at retirement village properties but not a single complaint has been published from them this year.
