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House building costs surge upwards
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New housing consents smash all records
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Hopes the planning and design work for the new school will be complete by end of 2022.
Shortages, price hikes plague building industry
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Kennedy Point Marina protesters challenge injunction
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28-year-olds plan $55m scheme in top Auckland suburb
Twelve apartments planned for site vacant for some years.
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Building boom: Housing consents smash records, hitting all-time high
All previous records have been eclipsed.
A thousand IRD staff to remain displaced for most of the year
A plan is in place to earthquake strengthen Wellington's largest single office building.
Fears over $20 million underground Wanaka home
Plans for the new house are opposed by neighbours.
Watch: Earthworks for 543-unit apartment project
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Power list: NZ's seven busiest house builders
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Insolvent Auckland developer owes creditors $2.2m
Inland Revenue is owed $1.5m for GST and PAYE tax.
NZ's most expensive retirement unit project reaches first level
Kalmar is due to be finished in Parnell by 2023.
Cathedral land leased: Trees, homes gone for apartment project
Apartments planned for prominent corner site behind cathedral
First stage of Dunedin Hospital build granted consent
An independent panel has approved a fast-tracked consent for stage 1 of the $1.47b build.
Final construction phase on Queen St to begin in January
Construction will begin on January 10 and is expected to be completed by September 2022.
Watch: Inside state-of-art new MC Centre offices, Auckland
"People unpacked and chose to come back" - Kylie Mooney, MC chief executive.
Delayed $450m Christchurch convention centre officially opens
The opening comes four years after the first concrete pour.
James Hardie products costing 10% more next year
PlaceMakers said it would absorb the sudden price rise in the short term.
Price rises of 28%: Survey of building suppliers reveals staggering inflation
Pressure from logistics, prices, transport, shipping, lead times.
Resource Management Act amendment passes final reading
Changes allow up to three homes, three storeys high on most sites without resource consent
Major building product supplier warns of price rises
One manufacturers' product price will rise 27.5 per cent from February 1.
Kiwi tradies' online marketplace Builderscrack acquired by Australian company
The 100 per cent acquisition by hipages Group Holdings is for A$11.8m in cash and equity.
Council in the dark over hundreds of potentially deadly buildings
Only 40 per cent of earthquake-prone building owners responded to a council survey.