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Houses in $700m development 'unsafe'
Urgent remedial work is underway in an Auckland housing project due to fears the houses are unsafe.
Urgent remedial work is underway in an Auckland housing project due to fears the houses are unsafe.
Stats NZ figures show 2379 new dwellings were consented last month, the highest for a February since 2004 and up 35 per cent on the same month a year ago.
New Zealand needs more tradies - and women are being urged to take up the tools to help address a looming shortage.
The value of building consents last month rose to a record-breaking $66 million - but the mountain of construction work means many builders are booked out for the whole year.
Construction on the $681 million Commercial Bay project will begin in downtown Auckland in June.
Total building activity increased to its highest level since records began 26 years ago.
Building consents in Auckland continued to lag behind the estimated level needed to match growth in housing demand.
COMMENT: The problems of a growing Auckland are becoming more and more urgent. We need to rethink the region, write Dushko Bogunovich and Matthew Bradbury.
Receivers says unsecured creditors are owed about $15 million and they hope to sell the business.
A construction sector subcontractor has expressed sympathy for Christchurch people who were now caught up in the receivership of the Stonewood businesses.
Stonewood Homes New Zealand, is in receivership, but home buyers have been told they've got a guarantee.
Director who ran trio of failed property companies owing more than $6 million is missing.
Residents of well-heeled Auckland suburbs are bristling at plans for new Special Housing Areas in their backyards.
The Government says there are strong prospects for construction, infrastructure and the IT sector. But things look dim for actors, pilots and air traffic controllers.
New Zealand shares rose, led by Fletcher Building after the country's biggest construction company bought a roading firm.
Fletcher executives will face protests from a small Maori community in Mangere when they attend a planning hearing tomorrow for a proposed new housing project.
Inland Revenue is cracking down on the black economy after many tradies admitted knowing of cash jobs worth more than $20,000.
An Uber-style service for the construction sector is launching in New Zealand, allowing contractors to rent out unused equipment to others in the industry.
A lawsuit against building products maker James Hardie Industries has so far been joined by more than 80 claimaints, with another 80 to 100 expected to sign up.
Two builders have copped fines from the industry watchdog for their negligent and incompetent work - and one has lost his trading licence.
The owners of 22 business units have joined a lawsuit of 80 property owners against James Hardie over its Titanboard product.
Auckland residents and ratepayers can now see if their suburbs are destined for new multi-storey developments.
Our economy appears to be humming along, with latest GDP stats showing a 0.9 percent lift in economic activity.
A combination of over-regulation and over-taxation is a sure way to destroy a stressed business, writes Stephen Scrivens.It is inconceivable that any politician will willingly reduce taxes but the Government could cut red tape
Auckland Council is understood to be releasing maps tomorrow showing large swathes of suburban Auckland being rezoned for multiple townhouses and apartments.
A Christchurch construction company has been fined $45,000 for failing to properly identify and manage asbestos at a demolition site.
Fletcher Building has become the first company of its kind to achieve Rainbow Tick certification.
COMMENT: Are authorities able to monitor and oversee the hundreds of building projects across Auckland, asks Lucy Walker.