Auckland property developer Patrick Fontein has been declared bankrupt.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants to make an immediate start to build a cruise ship terminal on Captain Cook Wharf costing up to $200 million.

The Auckland Council is investigating why a building that has stood for 124 years cracked open in an afternoon.

A 124-year-old heritage building in downtown Auckland was torn down this morning after large cracks were found in its walls.

A real estate agent must pay $1500 and undergo ethics training after replacing a private 'for sale' sign with one of his own.

A sacked executive's claims of potentially fatal gas installations around NZ are 'scaremongering', an ERA hearing has heard.

Demolition work proceeds on the Manchester Courts building, one of the earthquake damaged buildings on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets in Christchurch.