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Retirement village planned for $90m Remuera site

"We don't want this to be a confrontational process," says local agent Grant Dickson.

From amputations to electrocutions: How dangerous are NZ construction sites?

Construction remains hazardous despite efforts to make it safer.

$400m Auckland retirement chain sale?

The business has run villages for more than 30 years and is locally owned.

Construction's catalogue of tragedy: But is building really the riskiest job?

Construction is relatively safe when fatalities in that sector are compared to others.

Infratil to sell $100m+ slice of Auckland's Wynyard Quarter

Parties are doing due diligence and hopes are high for a year's-end deal.

Watch: Tunnel breakthrough on Auckland's $4.4 billion City Rail Link

The tunnel boring machine will now be dismantled and shipped to Germany.

What Costco needs before it can open its doors

Costco is due to open its doors on September 28, but needs two things to happen first.

Douglas Pharmaceuticals' new $50m block opens

Hi-tech lab and skybridge in major new R&D site.

Still booming: New housing consents jump back up

Recovery evident from July numbers.

Fletcher Living plans 160-home Ōkahukura venture

9.3ha greenfields site is on Albany Highway and new entry road will be created.

Wharf explosion: Union questions health and safety procedures

Worksafe said any information would be 'months away'.

Where your sports car won't scrape the floor: Luxury apartments include vehicle showroom

Rich people need more car parks than the rest of us and those need to be bigger too.

Focus: Explosion rocks downtown Auckland

Emergency services rushed to an explosion at a construction site on Halsey St in downtown Auckland that left five people injured. Video / NZ Herald

NZ will have a housing surplus in 12 months - Kiwibank

The country's housing shortage is shrinking fast as new builds outstrip demand.

Hundreds impacted as Queensland building company collapses

Another company has become latest casualty in a string of collapses impacting the sector.

$300k tax evasion: Builder used company money on Uber Eats and cash withdrawals

He also made overseas transactions in the USA, Mexico, and Australia.