Massey University is planning to spend more than $130 million in the next year to double the student capacity of its Albany campus.

The McConnell family own construction company Hawkins. John McConnell talks to Jennifer Dann.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has stepped up a war of words with Ports of Auckland, accusing port bosses of keeping the council in the dark about two huge wharf extensions.

When the demand for housing could hardly be hotter, how is it that construction companies continue to fail?

Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.

The Wynyard Quarter's stout but stately 1920s John Lysaght building is getting a $6 million makeover.

Ports of Auckland is not ruling out a pause in construction on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

Part of troubled housing development empire Tribeca Homes has been placed into liquidation by creditors.

Auckland's rapidly expanding economy has prompted the city's biggest private developer to announce $220 million of new work.

Donghua Liu demolished a stone wall and cut down trees allegedly without permission on land where he plans to build an ambitious housing project in Auckland.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, paced by Fletcher Building, as investors were drawn to firms that have under-performed the benchmark index.

New Zealand's biggest private property developer, Mansons TCLM, is planning three big new Auckland office blocks worth $220 million.

Auckland building contractor Valiant Homes has collapsed with creditors chasing almost $5 million from it.

Construction activity in Australia continued to fall in February as an interest rate cut failed to encourage new orders.

Construction of Ponsonby's new $220 million Vinegar Lane and Cider Building projects is well under way.

Carter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective", the Court of Appeal has heard.

Building activity has reached its strongest growth rate in almost 15 years and is up sharply in the latest quarter, but critics say it is still not helping relieve Auckland's housing crisis.

New Zealand's biggest off-site housing manufacturer received a $287,500 Government grant before Prime Minister John Key opened its Kumeu factory.

Small business owners, particularly in the construction industry, should be breathing a sigh of relief this week.

Bad business purchases here and in Australia hit Fletcher Building's bottom line result yesterday, leaving some shareholders keen to sell.

A Supreme Court ruling that clears up a contentious area of insolvency law could put a hand brake on liquidators trying to claw back funds.

The Supreme Court has today unanimously reversed an earlier ruling on liquidators' abilities to claw back money, which subcontractors and tradespeople had rallied against.

Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman won't say whether he supports the SkyPath proposed for beneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge but he is in favour of people using the bridge.

An industry chief has welcomed the new Matrix house-building factory in Trentham.

John Key says the SkyCity convention centre plan grew in both size and "flashness" until public backlash persuaded the Government not to spend any more money on it.