Aussie shake-up in wind for Fletcher Building
Fletcher's giving a new longer-term strategy announcement in Sydney on Thursday.
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Timber high-rise tower mooted for Auckland
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Penny Pirrit: Consent process far from being gravy train
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Middlemore building 'earthquake prone'
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Treasury advice stings Twyford
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Scentre Group project manager speaks on the Newmarket shopping development
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Kevin Atkinson: Builders need help to provide enough houses
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Budget 2018: Can we afford KiwiBuild?
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Rose Gardens buyers complain, developers hit back
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Unlicensed house roofer fined $2500
Kerikeri man who falsely held himself out as a Licensed Building Practitioner fined.
Construction firm knocked with $19K penalty for employment breaches
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Hawkins to pay millions for leaky school buildings
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Council plan to raise housing developers' costs slammed
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Bunnings aims to double NZ revenue: new boss
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Prisoners build house, gain qualifications
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Job cuts looming at Fletcher Building
Job cuts follow disastrous $952 million of losses at firm's Building + Interiors unit.
Bird-brained or clever marketing: Would you live in Squawk St?
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Fletcher Building pull-back drives up construction costs
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$300m Auckland housing project proceeding
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