Auckland's first house-building factory is being planned for Pokeno and could produce components for two-and-a-half houses a day.

Owners of nine Wellington heritage buildings will receive $150,000 from the council's Built Heritage Incentive fund.

Rust is already affecting Eden Park's redeveloped South Stand just four years after it was built - but stadium bosses have described the problem as "minor".

The $205 million development proposes to build 231 apartments on the carpark at the Alexandra Park stadium/raceway.

Auckland homeowners made wealthy by their latest Auckland Council valuations are borrowing to do up their houses.

A plan aimed at tackling Auckland's housing supply shortage has surpassed expectations in its first year, the Government and Auckland Mayor Len Brown say.

Andrew Rolfe, Fletcher Construction project manager, said a 16m hole on the corner of Halsey St and Gaunt St in the Wynyard Quarter had now been completed.

Gardening is the gigantic seller for New Zealand's biggest DIY, homeware, trade and household goods chains, dominating all other product category lines.

Builder Shane Brealey is selling his 83.2 per cent stake in NZ Strong to Amalgamated Builders' executive chairman Chris Hunter.

Professional investors have questioned the value to Goodman Property Trust of Singapore's Government Investment Corporation's acquisition of a 49 per cent stake in Auckland's Viaduct Quarter.

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund has bought a half stake in some of Auckland's newest commercial buildings in the Viaduct Quarter.

Fletcher Construction's efforts here during World War II and its aftermath are detailed in a second huge volume about the business.

New residential dwelling consent data continues to be patchy, but overall, the sector is showing a strong recovery.

Warkworth's village character and market town charm is being put at risk by a big retail development aimed at luring motorists on SH1, say residents.

Fletcher Building has forecast an 11 per cent operating earnings uplift by as much as $66 million this financial year but some shareholders still expressed dissatisfaction at yesterday's AGM in Auckland.

Auckland's job numbers are growing, with 21,000 added in the past year.

It's lunchtime and Timaru is bustling. Stop a local and ask why, and most will give you the same answer: Allan Hubbard.

Major centres are sprouting a growing crane population, with 76 cranes now on big sites.

Finance Minister Bill English says rising land values in Auckland caused by planning constraints have made it "illegal to build a house under half a million dollars".

Auckland is being rebuilt before our eyes, as projects worth at least $10 billion-plus rise across the city.

Work at four of Fletcher Building's main manufacturing plants in Auckland is on hold because of the power cut still affecting the city.

Is six storeys the new height for apartment buildings in zones approved for four storeys?

An Auckland-based building society is accused of making "deceptive" statements about a fund it manages and claims it holds US$6.2 billion of assets.

Applications to build new houses and apartments have hit a new seven-year high but the rate of growth is slowing.

A dispute over building defects at one of Auckland's biggest shopping malls was on the electronic online High Court list last Thursday.