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<i>Pip Cheshire:</i> Super City presents chance to shape Auckland

Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.

Council wants vetting of builders doing repairs

Old kindergarten to get new lease of life

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Fibre firms wooing backers for deep-sea link

Councils paid for private info

Homeowners are being targeted by advertisers using private information from building consent applications to solicit sales.

Freehold site for tender in Newmarket

Sky-high repairs take shine off luxury tower

Gateway to new town has high potential

System hailed as boon to detect leaky buildings

Key confident cycleway will add more jobs

Property tax change will deter offshore investors, says group

Methven profits slump 22pc to $7.8m

Surf club copper theft

IRD may hit commercial fit-outs

The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.

Housing consents soar 15pc in April

The trend for new housing consents jumped 15.5 per cent in April, to reach the highest level in two years, says Statistics New Zealand.

Goff refused mayors' pleas on jail

Phil Goff rejected mayoral pleas to reduce the height of the Mt Eden Prison development when he was Minister of Corrections in 2007.