Auction

One of the last rehab soldier farms in Wairarapa has been sold for forestry, and the farm gear is going under the hammer. Gianina Schwanecke is at the on-farm sale and finds out why the owner is… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

In private hands, iconic New Zealand treasures can be sold off, hidden away, or even destroyed.  Audio

The Timperlea Angus bull sale is one of the biggest days of the year for stud breeder Marie Fitzpatrick. It's also a time when her family get together to celebrate their love for farming and that… Audio

Country Life is at one of the oldest saleyards in the country watching sheep and cattle go under the hammer and meeting the team who run weekly auctions at Coalgate. Audio

Now an auction that's bound to make a splash, the last of 80 NZ-designed whale tales are about to go under the hammer at Auckland's viaduct.

The colourful creations have been dotted around Tāmaki… Video, Audio

A polar bear, a blue fox and a honey badger are all up for grabs in Dunedin this weekend at an auction of taxidermied animals. Stuffed animal collectors are an eclectic group – young and old, male and… Audio, Gallery

The Villa Aurora in Rome is back on the market after being listed for a starting price of nearly NZ$800 million - making it potentially the most expensive home in the world. The BBC's Rome… Audio

A big auction of rare cars is taking place in Paraparaumu today. There's lots under the hammer, including Porsches, and Ferraris. But the biggest item is a 1970 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II which is… Audio

Bidding was competitive at the Mt Cass Station Wiltshire Sheep Sale in North Canterbury. Nearly 3500 sheep reached higher than expected prices at Andrew and Sara Heard's farm and were sold to bidders… Audio, Gallery

Des Schollum, the owner of The House of Books in Lower Hutt boasts one of the country's largest collections of private letters and is a leading expert on signature forgery. Recently he was… Audio

Stanford University Professor and Auctionomics co-founder Paul Milgrom has just been awarded a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences alongside his former academic supervisor Professor Robert Wilson. You… Audio

Penny Hoogerbrug of Kaharau Angus Stud describes the nerve-wracking moments before she and her partners became the proud new owners of "Lot 8", paying more than $100,000 and setting a record for the… Audio