Hanover investors' $500 million is tied up in a vast spread of partly built luxury housing estates and resorts - one still a hole in the ground.

Fletcher Building is on track to return to profitability.

Fletcher Building today said net earnings for the year should fall within the forecast range.

Ironbank, designed by RTA Studio for Samson Corporation, was runner-up in a European architecture award.

Leaders from worst-affected areas want to strike deal before Super City formed.

139 Quay St won an architectural award for its striking design.

The Ironbank is one of the country's first high-rise office blocks without air conditioning - but has robots parking cars.

New building consent figures point to signs of recovery in house building but show the non-residential sector sinking further into a slump.

From a seven-storey commercial building to a beach lodge wine cellar, the winners at last night's Auckland Architecture Awards reflected a sophisticated and intelligent approach to design

Fletcher Building's fortunes are up - after taking a hammering last year.

Residents are concerned one of NZ's most popular beach spots may become a concrete jungle under plans which could allow for higher development.

A new building criticised as looking like a pile of rusting containers scooped three architecture prizes last night.

Songwriter extraordinaire Neil Finn is also proving himself adept as a property developer.

Failed major developments in New Zealand are piling up, like the Soho Square project in Ponsonby which is now mocked as 'Sohole'.