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Claim lawyer overcharged buddy
A lawyer is facing a disciplinary tribunal after he charged his golf buddy more than $1 million to help sort out legal problems created by his leaky Remuera home.
Quake builders' work at standstill
Builders are laying off staff and say they face economic ruin in Christchurch because insurance companies and Fletcher EQR are taking too long to approve earthquake work.
Fletcher targets Auckland apartment market
Fletcher Building is making a big push into Auckland's apartment development market, forming specialist new division Fletcher Developments this year to hunt down opportunities on big sites.
Fletcher aims for fast-track homes
Auckland houses could soon arrive off assembly lines as the country's biggest construction business ponders factory-prefabricated houses.
Bernard Hickey: Council costs block growth
The councils in our biggest cities are increasingly seen as one of the big roadblocks for economic growth, says Bernard Hickey.
Chancery $3m leaky payout fuelling repairs
The owners of properties in Auckland's leaky Chancery shopping complex have won $3.4 million for repairs, now about halfway through.
Chch councillors brace for ministers
Councillors are bracing themselves for a dressing down by government ministers over Christchurch City Council's failure to retain accreditation for building consents.
The great Kiwi dream home
Bronwyn Sell finds Christchurch was the logical place to set the latest series of the popular home renovation series.
University challenge
The University of Auckland is about to shake up the neighbourhood when staff and students move into Newmarket next year - but neighbours won't feel a thing.
Harawira jnr gets luxury respite
The son of Mana Party leader Hone Harawira was put up in the luxury Metropolis apartments and hotel in central Auckland after complaining that construction work on the Waterview connection was "interfering" with his shift work.
John Minto: Capital gains tax the 'most important step'
"The market" can't fix Auckland's housing crisis, writes John Minto. Instead, a capital gains tax is the most important step to drive property investors out.
Demand fuels hotel plans
Four new Auckland hotels are planned, three of which are office building conversions.
Building industry tips upswing in fortunes
The building sector is expecting a rise in fortunes as the economy recovers and the Canterbury rebuild gets into full swing about 2016.
Council fees add to house prices report
High council fees have contributed significantly to Auckland's rising house prices, a new report says.
Consumer Watch: Small cities, big cost
Some of the most expensive places in which to build in New Zealand are not the big cities with highest demand and dearest house prices.
Success: Home building still in the family
Lockwood's third generation says sticking to what they do best is working.
House-building work accelerates
The house-building sector is experiencing its biggest surge in more than a decade as demand for new places.
Building boost won't help housing
The biggest residential building boost in a decade will not make a big dent in Auckland's housing woes, but is a step in the right direction, an economist says.
Fletcher has eye on mega contracts
Fletcher Building is aiming to win contracts worth billions, it has revealed in an investor presentation.