Residential building consents fell 4.9pc in August as the Canterbury rebuild shifts its focus toward commercial work.

Concern about shoddy building work in Auckland has prompted the appointment of a full-time council investigator to lay complaints with professional licensing bodies.

A proposal for builders to give themselves the green light could leave the door open for a repeat of the leaky housing crisis, construction industry experts say.

Government wants to dial back the regulations on building industry.

Dairy giant plans to move into new 1.6ha international headquarters early next year.

Allegro Funds is optimistic its latest New Zealand investment, Carpet Court, is a candidate for potential listing.

Aucklanders are about to endure a "five-year nightmare" as work starts on a raft of major jobs, including the New Zealand International Convention Centre.

Summerset Group has been granted resource consent for a $100 million village in the Christchurch suburb of Casebrook.

A man-made waterfall with a 4.5m drop is to feature in a white water sports centre in Auckland.

Auckland University today released an image of its planned $281.9 million engineering faculty building.

Auckland University's $2 billion two-decade upgrade is halfway as it narrows its focus from five to three campus sites and upgrades, demolishes or extends a swag of buildings.

Martin Hutchin sold investment properties in Invercargill and Huntly and was described as a "risk to the community".

Last month saw the highest number of new dwellings consented in a month since March 2005.

If Auckland has an architectural boy wonder, it's Nat Cheshire, who is the delineator behind two rural cabins that won the 2014 Home of the Year.

"Over time" and "over budget" are two phrases well known in construction, so a couple of industry veterans have created a solution they believe has global potential.

Fletcher boss Mark Adamson says the company is dealing with legacy issues - and this is the 'dark before the dawn.'

Auckland could take another 86,400 dwellings in the next eight years without any risk of over-building.

Dual-listed giant Fletcher Building is tipped to push up annual operating earnings 4 per cent to $652 million when it declares its full-year result tomorrow.

A leaky building lawsuit against cladding manufacturer James Hardie is looking more likely to expand into a class action.

The cladding manufacturer is facing a leaky building lawsuit that could balloon into class action.

People working in the construction industry continue to enjoy the benefits of the building boom in Christchurch and Auckland.

Auckland projects including a Titirangi art gallery and a Manukau campus building have been short-listed for architecture awards.

New Zealand residential building consents fell 4.1 per cent in June as construction intentions in Canterbury tapered off.

Owners of a huge apartment complex are about to endure their second round of building repairs, and taxpayers could be up for half that bill.

Part of the Ministry of Education's lawsuit against Carter Holt Harvey has been thrown out but the bulk of the litigation remains.

Buildings at a relatively new Auckland school are about to be demolished in one of the biggest casualties of the leaky building crisis.

A new $50 million dome-shaped silo for storing cement is due to spring up at Ports of Auckland next week or the week after.