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<i>The Spencer family:</i> How the other half lives

A combination of vast wealth and tightly-guarded privacy - the features of New Zealand's wealthiest 'old money' family.

Navigator helps steer potential buyers

Shore's biggest build in decade

<i>The Spencer family:</i> One rule for the rich?

One of New Zealand's wealthiest families is on the verge of signing a special deal with North Shore City Council.

Chums battle to save paradise

Hundreds have mobilised in a last-ditch protest to save a pristine, world-renowned Coromandel beach from development.

House sales drop to 10-year low

A top economist says the property market is "stuck in neutral at best", but REINZ says property prices in the main centres are holding up well.

London tower named Britain's ugliest new building

A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.

Motorists warned off city roads for 36 hours

Iwi wants a slice of infrastructure action

Mark Solomon and Ngai Tahu have embraced the notion of investing in SOEs, writes Graeme Hunt.

Rugby World Cup has Hawkins busy

Hawkins Construction gets a boost from government spending.

Govt paves way for private sector deals

Drop-off forecast unless big projects fast-tracked

Is Fletcher Building's forward workload too heavy on Government jobs?

Government's advisory board keeps a watching brief

New Zealanders are yet to support infrastructure development to meet future demand, National Infrastructure Advisory Board chairman Dr Rod Carr says.

'No gas in the private tank'

Fletcher Building's construction book is 84 per cent Government-led and that won't change any time soon.

Right team key to success

As the Government steams ahead with infrastructure project plans, engineering firms are finding the need to catch up.

Construction sector in need of security