Ian Mellsop knows how to build a good aquarium...

SkyCity wants to build the country's first international convention centre opposite its casino in downtown Auckland.

An apartment owner in one of the country's worst-affected rotting blocks wants to help thousands of others through the leaky building nightmare.

The government's description of the leaky building issue as a "natural disaster of huge proportions" is both a clever device and a dangerous precedent.

Leaky-home owners are likely to flood the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service with applications so they meet strict eligibility rules for aid.

The scale of the leaky homes issue has been equated to a 'huge' natural disaster.

The Govt will today present a new package to local authorities on how to divvy up payment of the billions it will take to repair leaky buildings.

The Govt will today present a new package to local authorities on how to divvy up payment of the billions needed to repair leaky buildings.

Late-night drinkers beware - a new device will blast cold water on anyone who urinates against a building or tries to sleep there.

Property prices and sales fell in April, but the New Zealand residential property market is holding steady, says the Real Estate Institute.

Mark Hotchin has flown his personal trainer from Auckland to Hawaii to play tennis, teach him how to surf and to help improve his golf swing.

Failed Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's unfiinished mansion is big enough to contain 13 average houses just on its floor space.

Angry neighbours say Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's $30m mansion has wiped hundreds of thousands of dollars off their own property values.