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Appeals send $1b Sleepyhead plan to Environment Court

Four years in planning - and counting.

Auckland Council backs controversial plan for apartments to replace villas

About 30,000 character houses are in the path of the Government's intensification rules.

Princely or wince-ly? Architect defends $120m plan for Ponsonby site

Ground-floor shops, level-one offices and 14 apartments rising up to five levels.

'Kōkihi - 95 apartments where once 7 houses stood': Woods

Paul Majurey: "Emphasis on whanaungatanga - relationship, not profit."

Developers warn septic tank overflow now classed as wetland, hurting housing supply

New rules capture farm tracks as wetlands.

'Deep fire' slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida building

A total of 159 people are still unaccounted for, and four have been confirmed dead.

Tourists can now see 'backstage' area of Colosseum

Rome's Colosseum has undergone an extensive and expensive restoration.

'Praying for a miracle': Noises heard in rubble as Miami death toll rises

Rescuers are continuing to search through the rubble hoping to find survivors.

'Ridiculous' shortage of MIQ spaces for construction workers

"With Covid and shut borders, it's become much worse" - Andrew Moore, CMP

'Demolition but smarter': How old state houses are turning into tiny homes for the homeless

A Māori business, a church and a state agency are stopping them from going to landfill.

Wellington city struggles with 138% construction workforce shortfall

Doubt is being thrown over the deliverability of big construction projects in the capital.

Christopher Niesche: Billionaire Kerry Stokes soon to notch up another big win

The dyslexic boy from the slums of Melbourne outsmarts business rivals to build a fortune.

Business Hub: New Arvida CEO Jeremy Nicoll talks rugby and retirement

"I play for Takapuna - the Takapuna Turtles" says Jeremy Nicoll, new Arvida CEO.

Multimillion-dollar Christchurch building confirmed

University of Otago Council approves full funding for Christchurch campus.

Toxic timber filling up NZ's landfills

Some 400,000 tonnes of noxious waste is being dumped in the nation's landfills each year.

Grey Lynn's cooperative housing scheme: what's it like?

"We've not built cheap housing but valuable housing" - David Welch, Cohaus.