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![Building consents hit nine-year low as home construction slumps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Building consents hit nine-year low as home construction slumps
New Zealand building consents sank to a nine-year low in January as new home construction slumped.
![Success: Forefathers' vision ensures Beca built to last](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Success: Forefathers' vision ensures Beca built to last
Employee ownership helps engineering company take long-term approach.
![Christchurch earthquake: From tragedy, a chance to start afresh](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: From tragedy, a chance to start afresh
Out of the rubble of one of NZ's greatest tragedies could come one of the world's most celebrated cities if we get Christchurch's rebuild right.
![Christchurch earthquake: Demolishing history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Demolishing history
A historic 155-year-old Christchurch mansion was reduced to a pile of dust and splintered wood today while the owner and his family looked on with glassy eyes.
![Quake package 'huge weight lifted'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Quake package 'huge weight lifted'
A Govt package for displaced homeowners is the 'first really positive thing' since the Canterbury quake, a resident says.
![Govt to help quake residents with accommodation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Govt to help quake residents with accommodation
Cantabrians forced out of their earthquake-damaged homes are set to get financial assistance and help finding accommodation from the Govt.
![David Henderson fights $130m bankruptcy case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
David Henderson fights $130m bankruptcy case
David Henderson, Auckland's most flamboyant and once wealthy developer, will earn a salary of $75,000 if his proposal to avert bankruptcy over a $130 million debt is approved by the High Court.
![New Waterview link poses minimal health risk expert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New Waterview link poses minimal health risk expert
Dominion and Manukau Rds cited as places where emissions of more concern.
![Opponents say Royal Oak Warehouse bid threatens local business](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opponents say Royal Oak Warehouse bid threatens local business
Wayne Thompson Shops serving neighbourhoods in Onehunga, Royal Oak and Greenwoods Corner are threatened by a bid to build The Warehouse's latest store, say business owners and residents.
![Fletcher Building results `quite stunning' - Ling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fletcher Building results `quite stunning' - Ling
Most of Fletcher Building's half year results are "quite stunning," its chief executive says.