Auckland has 33 cranes dotting its skyline, with the construction sector in full swing.

The Government has set its sights on New Zealand cities' urban planning rules as part of its drive to improve housing affordability.

Fire safety issues have stopped construction on the first 20 terraced homes at Auckland's biggest affordable housing project.

The meeting house has been built in Mangere, South Auckland, as part of a new multimillion-dollar complex belonging to the Government of Samoa.

Building project announced to take 38 months.

Entire suburbs have no heritage protection, leaving them open for demolition.

Jeremy Wyn-Harris shares expert tips to get the most for your bathroom refresh and renovation efforts.

Developer admits his $50 million-plus housing project at Albany is the site of a video highlighting shoddy building practices.

More than 500 owners of leaky homes have come forward to explore whether they can be part of a claim against James Hardie.

Auckland Council is refusing to divulge details about a shoddy housing development that the Master Builders Association says deliberately flouts the law.

Up to a third of all building inspections in Auckland fail.

In Lego-style but on a giant scale, 10 housing components are almost finished at the city's only high-rise house factory.

Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith has welcomed data showing building consents in Auckland are at an eight-year high.

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.

The liquidators of an Auckland building company that collapsed owing more than $4 million believe its director is somewhere in Europe.

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

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.

More Fonterra job cuts have raised questions about whether the dairy giant will need all the space it has leased in new upmarket Auckland headquarters.

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.