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Kōrero: Real estate

Real estate sharks

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Real estate sharks

This cartoon for ‘Mako real estate’ sums up a common perception of real estate agents in 2007. Public concern about the service provided by some real estate agents led to law changes to regulate the industry more strictly. The Real Estate Agents Act 2008 tightened up legal requirements for the training and licensing of real estate agents, and established an independent disciplinary tribunal.

Cartoon courtesy of Alistair Nisbet

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DCDL-0008109

by Alistair Nisbet

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bob Hargreaves, Real estate – Real estate practice in the early 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/21352/real-estate-sharks (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bob Hargreaves, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.