House prices in Auckland fell during August as the number of properties being listed continues to stall.

There have been more than 1000 submissions against plans to build houses on an unspoilt Coromandel beach.

Businesses are concerned traffic diversions to be put in place while the Newmarket Viaduct is developed will create traffic mayhem.

There will be 36 hours of car chaos next weekend when the country's busiest highway closes to south-bound traffic.

That never-ending Chinese traffic jam.

Credit crunch has changed the landscape for residential building, writes Kevin Atkinson