Some Aucklanders say a new skyscraper in downtown Auckland is a blot on the landscape. Others think it's a landmark building that will revitalise the area. Anne Gibson reports

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.

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.

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.

The building industry has stepped up pressure on the Reserve Bank over its loan to value ratio (LVR) loan restrictions.

Anti-development protectionists lost fights at a beach north of Auckland and in Arch Hill this month.

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.

Builders may be forced to disclose any gifts they receive as rewards for buying building products as part of govt moves to drive down building material costs.