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![Jobs, better wages tipped by NZIER](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Jobs, better wages tipped by NZIER
The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research expects the economy to grow 3 per cent this year.
![Builders likely to benefit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Builders likely to benefit
A leading recruitment boss has identified construction workers as most likely to receive a pay rise from their boss this year.
![Fletcher rises on solid building rally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Fletcher rises on solid building rally
A strong New Zealand building recovery drove the country's biggest listed entity to push up half-year earnings 5 per cent and leave analysts expecting a strong second half.
![Guilty lawyer struck off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Guilty lawyer struck off
A lawyer who grossly overcharged his former golfing buddy has been struck off the Law Society's register, and ordered to repay almost $500,000 in overcharged fees.
![Beauty or a beast?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Beauty or a beast?
Some Aucklanders say a new skyscraper in downtown Auckland is a blot on the landscape. Others think it's a landmark building that will revitalise the area. Anne Gibson reports
![Developer hits out over delays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Developer hits out over delays
A retirement village developer spending $500 million in Auckland says building in the city is hard because Auckland Council is extremely slow to process consent applications.
![Mainzeal subbies miss out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mainzeal subbies miss out
Money that Mainzeal Property & Construction owed to its staff, a trading bank and Inland Revenue has been largely repaid.
![Fletcher to give results from Sydney](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Fletcher to give results from Sydney
Change of venue for half-year figures reflects 'significant operations in Australia'.
![Building consents reach six-year high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Building consents reach six-year high
New Zealand building consents for residential housing rose 7.6% in December, taking the annual level of new permits to a six-year high.
![Build under way for Fonterra's Viaduct HQ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Build under way for Fonterra's Viaduct HQ
Ground work preparations are well under way on the new Fonterra headquarters site in the Viaduct Harbour area on the corner of Fanshawe St and Halsey St.
![Alarm at housing plans for quarry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Alarm at housing plans for quarry
Community leader says that scale of Three Kings development will leave locals 'aghast'.
![Apartments boost building consents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Apartments boost building consents
A boost in new apartment consents led to an 11 per cent rise in the number of new dwellings consented in November 2013, according to Statistics NZ.
![Price-fixing by major timber suppliers worries building industry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Price-fixing by major timber suppliers worries building industry
Legal action against Carter Holt Harvey for price fixing in the Auckland timber market is worrying industry heads, who believe revelations of the activity could tarnish the whole building trade.
![Minister's at-risk building legal hurdle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Minister's at-risk building legal hurdle
Legal advice might be needed before the Building and Construction Minister can reveal a list of 14 potentially lethal buildings which owners are refusing to have assessed.
![Housing construction lifts Australian growth figures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Housing construction lifts Australian growth figures
Australia's economic growth isn't losing pace and might have even picked up a little as the non-mining sectors of the economy start to recover.
![Philip Young: Choose construction sites with care](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Philip Young: Choose construction sites with care
May 12, 2013, marked the fifth anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China.
![Cranes set to dominate skyline](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Cranes set to dominate skyline
Tower cranes have once again begun to bristle on Auckland's skyline as the construction sector hits better times.
![Building consents ease from highs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Building consents ease from highs
The house-building sector's rising fortunes have taken a tumble, with the latest Statistics New Zealand data showing the rate of increase slipping.
![Mayor courts private cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mayor courts private cash
Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.
![Christchurch housing 'worst it's been'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Christchurch housing 'worst it's been'
'It feels like there is no hope left out there.' There are concerns in Christchurch that the city's housing situation is more dire than ever, with families squatting in the red zone.
![Builders pressure Reserve Bank on loans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Builders pressure Reserve Bank on loans
The building industry has stepped up pressure on the Reserve Bank over its loan to value ratio (LVR) loan restrictions.
![Protesters lose building battles](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Protesters lose building battles
Anti-development protectionists lost fights at a beach north of Auckland and in Arch Hill this month.
![Wind farm building runs out of puff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Wind farm building runs out of puff
The decade-long surge in big wind farm building in New Zealand is nearing an end with no new projects in the pipeline as the sector booms around the world.
!['Huge wave' of building work on way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'Huge wave' of building work on way
Making houses more affordable in Auckland will require far more land to be freed up .
![Construction firm surge still not enough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Construction firm surge still not enough
The construction industry has grown by 10,000 firms since 2002, a new Government report shows, but still lacks capacity to deal with current massive demand.
![Bunnings gets OK for Grey Lynn store](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Bunnings gets OK for Grey Lynn store
A controversial new Bunnings store on Great North Rd in Grey Lynn, Auckland, has been approved.