Legal advice might be needed before the Building and Construction Minister can reveal a list of 14 potentially lethal buildings which owners are refusing to have assessed.

The new house up the road was ready to move into and the beginnings of a front lawn were visible over a rickety picket fence less than waist-high.

Balmoral residents and their local MP Phil Goff are angry about plans for a large expansion of The Warehouse.

Australia's economic growth isn't losing pace and might have even picked up a little as the non-mining sectors of the economy start to recover.

May 12, 2013, marked the fifth anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China.

Tower cranes have once again begun to bristle on Auckland's skyline as the construction sector hits better times.

The house-building sector's rising fortunes have taken a tumble, with the latest Statistics New Zealand data showing the rate of increase slipping.

Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.

'It feels like there is no hope left out there.' There are concerns in Christchurch that the city's housing situation is more dire than ever, with families squatting in the red zone.

The decade-long surge in big wind farm building in New Zealand is nearing an end with no new projects in the pipeline as the sector booms around the world.

Making houses more affordable in Auckland will require far more land to be freed up .

The construction industry has grown by 10,000 firms since 2002, a new Government report shows, but still lacks capacity to deal with current massive demand.

A controversial new Bunnings store on Great North Rd in Grey Lynn, Auckland, has been approved.

New Zealand is on the cusp of its best year for economic growth in 10 years, says UBS NZ chief economist Robin Clements.

The Government is aiming to streamline the building consent process in a multi-pronged attack on red tape.

Former minister of building and housing Shane Jones wants to simplify renovation compliance measures and cut costs.

One of NZ's largest home builders says new loan restrictions have cost it 24 new-home builds in the first month alone - and it expects more as the policy bites.

Construction on the Transmission Gully alternative route to Wellington will begin in the second half of next year, Prime Minister John Key announced today

Inmates moving through the country's new $300 million prison will be able to track their path to freedom.

Positions for 16,000 people are available now and 200,000 jobs have been advertised since January on one of NZ's biggest employment websites.

City's unemployment at lowest level since 2011 with average pay up to $1135 a week, writes Anne Gibson.