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Auckland a city of dreams - if we dare
This summer we look back at the big stories of last year. This is from November.
'Perfect storm' dogging construction sector
Ebert Construction's failure a symptom of raft of issues.
Strong support for infrastructure body
Treasury's Chris White updates the Herald on market reaction to the plan.
Satellite cities: vision needed
Innovation is needed to address housing affordability and congestion.
Priority delivery: Hastings builders deliver Waikato town's new police station
Ngaruawahia has a new Community Policing Centre. And it comes from Hastings, with love.
KiwiBuild 90 pct below target in first year: Collins
100 KiwiBuild houses up in a year - well short of 1000 anticipated.
Duncan Bridgeman: Has the tide turned for Fletcher?
COMMENT: How exiting a 'bloody scandal' will help Fletcher Building.
Builder struck off for 10 years after near $250K under-quote
Misi Sau Evile misquoted the pricing and completion date of a complex two-story home.
Corbel creditors owed more than $5m - liquidator's report
Proud 18-year history, now unsecured creditors claim $4.5m
Māori-style pre-fab affordable house scheme launched
Firms combine to produce affordable, Māori-style pre-fab houses to Kiwi buyers.
Holdfast and Gorilla brands sticking around after offshore sale
Holdfast name and its Gorilla brands will live on, despite sale to European company.
'Irreplaceable': Pera Te Amo remembered following death
Pera Te Amo died following a workplace incident in Papakura last weekend.
'House of cards': Corbel failure tip of iceberg, says lawyer
A lawyer predicts more builders could follow Corbel Construction.
Another building firm collapse: Corbel Construction in liquidation
The firm, which had $35m worth of projects underway in Auckland, is now in liquidation.
Foreigners welcome: The apartments that got overseas buyer ban exemption
The 57-level Pacifica building the first to get an exemption from the foreign-buyer ban.
REINZ welcomes Tindall's KiwiBuild interest
REINZ welcomes Tindall's KiwiBuild involvement
Brian Rudman: Draconian power wrong way to fix housing
COMMENT: New authority will override the planning and consenting powers of local councils.
Editorial: Twyford proposes a planning monster
EDITORIAL: Housing Minister Phil Twyford's housing megalith will have fearsome power.
Mega urban development agency announced
Councils will be consulted but will not have power to veto Government plans.
The flash features that make these houses winners
A bach with soccer-net walls and a future-proofed sustainable home impressed the judges.
Government's powerful planning authority to be set up by 2020: Twyford
The new authority will have the power to override Auckland Council planning decisions.
Viaduct a 'decline zone' for marine insurer
NZI is refusing to insure multi-million dollar boats near Auckland construction sites.
Auckland a city of dreams - if we dare
Could transforming the central city be done better if officials shed all fear?
Hosking: KiwiBuild scheme is a house of cards
COMMENT: Is it politically wise to continue to insist this is a social assistance scheme?
Bridges says Labour 'woefully underestimated' KiwiBuild
PM says the claim Labour undercosted its KiwiBuild policy by $18 billion is incorrect.
Wipeout: $500m share price dive after Fletcher downgrade
Stock falls more than 10 per cent, wiping $500m from market cap.
Fletcher downgrades earnings forecast by 10%
Fletcher has lowered its expectations for the coming year.
Tunnel vision: Peek inside Auckland's City Rail Link
Beneath the city, Auckland's biggest transport project, the CRL, is noisily taking shape.
Watch: 4000-tonne historic CPO lifted for train project
The stone building is among the heaviest to have ever been moved in New Zealand.
Hotels complete earthquake strengthening
The hotels have been brought up to code following the Kaikōura earthquake in 2016.
Weather crucial ingredient for new motorway north of Auckland
The new $709m Puhoi to Warkworth motorway is due to open in late 2021.
Controversial Auckland housing estate gets green light after appeal fails
Māori land protest appeal against Fletcher's Ihumātao housing estate fails.
Women in construction: 'This is what I want to do'
Construction companies are being advised on how to attract - and look after - women.