Building activity levels drop for first time since pandemic lockdowns
First fall in total volume of building work since Covid-hit September 2021 quarter.
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Editorial: Task force route suggests long and winding road
The Government is setting up a steady, thorough process on recovery and resilience.
Phil O’Reilly: Five principles that should underpin the cyclone rebuild
Why growth, immigration, better planning laws and PPPs are key to the rebuild.
750 buildings condemned after January floods, Cyclone Gabrielle
Hundreds of buildings have been red-stickered and thousands yellow or white-stickered.
Dispelling the myths of NZICC’s roof, straw to be reinstated
Fletcher Construction: "Change in roof design would provide reassurance to all involved."
Costco Warehouse pharmacy under Kiwi ownership control
Westgate Costco unique among more than a dozen Australasian outlets.
Developer's plan to deliver 1000 homes per year in Auckland, ponders capital moves
Du Val Group considering how the company can grow.
Curious case of the abruptly cancelled Auckland CBD mortgagee sale
Sale plans changed just a few hours before a looming 4pm deadline today. Money flowed.
Downer EDI releases half-year result, cites NZ floods
Unprecedented wet weather, labour shortages, productivity problems dog business.
Central Otago vineyard falls into liquidation
Application to have liquidators appointed granted by High Court on Thursday.
Auckland city transforms: Your complete guide to new high-rises, hotels, shops and apartments
What’s going on in the CBD, who’s doing it, why and where?
Cyclone Gabrielle: Infrastructure to trump housing in possible $13b repair
Rebuild unlikely to have a big impact on reversing the slowdown in residential building.
Evacuations and no power: The fate of 1000 retirement village residents during cyclone
"Mobile generators were a godsend. In our new villages, we’re building generators."
Political Roundup: Our politicians are competent firefighters, but terrible builders
Main parties good with the political firefighting required to deal with disasters, but ...
Cyclone Gabrielle: 6 Summerset villages lost power, communications
"Ran essential services on generator power, fully supplied with food and medication."
Northland news in brief: Police appeal for crash info; building apprentice challenge
News snippets from across Northland and the surrounding areas.
Judge orders building company to reveal documents in a dispute over cost to build home
Building company ordered to say if documents exist, and if so, to hand them over.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay building industry effectively on hold
Flood damage assessment leaves building industry without inspectors.
City Rail Link’s lucky scrape with Auckland floods
City Rail Link would have been delayed by a year if floods happened earlier.
Profit slump as Commercial Bay, PwC Tower developer releases result
Big Auckland downtown retail complex and Defence House in Wellington were devalued.
Lack of vitality: Healthcare trust has bottom-line loss
Trust started a $200m asset sales programme, planning to use that for development.
Paul Majurey: Reconnecting the public to vacated port land
OPINION: The chair of Eke Panuku stakes a claim for the waterfront.
Inside NZ’s tallest apartment tower: Floods, blockages and defects revealed
The insurance excess leapt from $5000 to $25,000 a claim.
Cyclone raises serious questions about where we’ve been allowed to build
Professor looks into the history of land use and planning decisions at Muriwa.
Rents up 4% - the areas where you'll pay the most/least
And the city with New Zealand's highest median rent revealed.
‘Zero communication': Shot Tower apartment evacuation draws furious exchange
Residents kicked out at night: '72 hours later, we had not heard a thing.'
First peek at Costco NZ's accounts reveal hefty set-up expenses
Top secret approach to membership numbers, but other numbers revealed from retail giant.
'Very challenging': New home juts over Auckland cliff, foundations exposed
Home 'will need complex and thorough geotechnical investigation,' says council
Editorial: Challenges and questions ahead after Gabrielle
How will improvements be paid for? And how do we build back better?
'May God forgive me': Turkish teen filmed ‘last moments’ from quake-hit apartment
A 17-year-old filmed a heartbreaking farewell to his family and friends ... and survived.
$16.8b Australian giant's plans to super-size leafy lane
The only regulatory hurdle is now getting consent to swing two huge cranes on the site.
Insolvent developer proposed $250/week payment over 5 years
Court approves scheme to repay debt one lawyer says is $2 million.