A couple who paid $913,000 for a leaky Meadowbank house fought for four years to get it reclad after an earlier repair continued to let water into the home.

Franchisees at the country's biggest house builder remain dissatisfied with Auckland Council, despite claims of more speed and efficiency.

New Zealand building consents for residential housing fell 1.7 percent in February, the second straight monthly decline.

Around $47,000 could be shaved off the cost of each new place built in factories under Labour's planned KiwiBuild 100,000-house scheme, an opposition spokesman says.

Twin brothers Maui and Mihaka Hohua say they got into carpentry to repair their Kawhia home which needs a bit done to it.

Carter Holt Harvey has agreed with the Commerce Commission that it should pay a $1.85m penalty for its part in a timber price fixing cartel with a division of Fletcher Building.

Many businesses think the raising of the official cash rate by the Reserve Bank was precipitate.

The long-vacant ex-Auckland Star site between Fort St and Shortland St could soon get a carpark.

The construction of the motorway interchange at the northern end of Auckland's new Waterview connection has moved a step closer to completion.

Building activity slowed in the final three months of 2013 as non-residential work dropped for a second quarter.

A house construction rebound here and in Australia, the earthquake rebuild and cost-cutting will boost operating earnings Fletcher Building's interim result.

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research expects the economy to grow 3 per cent this year.

A leading recruitment boss has identified construction workers as most likely to receive a pay rise from their boss this year.

A strong New Zealand building recovery drove the country's biggest listed entity to push up half-year earnings 5 per cent and leave analysts expecting a strong second half.

A retirement village developer spending $500 million in Auckland says building in the city is hard because Auckland Council is extremely slow to process consent applications.

Building consent for New Zealand's tallest new skyscraper could be granted next year if all goes to plan.

Plans for New Zealand's tallest skyscraper, to rise in the heart of Auckland, have been unveiled today.

Money that Mainzeal Property & Construction owed to its staff, a trading bank and Inland Revenue has been largely repaid.

Change of venue for half-year figures reflects 'significant operations in Australia'.

New Zealand building consents for residential housing rose 7.6% in December, taking the annual level of new permits to a six-year high.

Ground work preparations are well under way on the new Fonterra headquarters site in the Viaduct Harbour area on the corner of Fanshawe St and Halsey St.

Community leader says that scale of Three Kings development will leave locals 'aghast'.

A boost in new apartment consents led to an 11 per cent rise in the number of new dwellings consented in November 2013, according to Statistics NZ.

Legal action against Carter Holt Harvey for price fixing in the Auckland timber market is worrying industry heads, who believe revelations of the activity could tarnish the whole building trade.