Activity in Auckland and surrounding regions has pushed residential building consents to their highest annual total in more than a decade.

The pipeline of new Auckland housing will underpin a longer construction boom for the country.

COMMENT: The practical impacts of this new legislation will be significant and will ripple across the entire supply chain.

Auckland Council has budgeted $291mi for the leaky building disaster and its financial forecasts indicate it will become an inter-generational issue.

Some of the planned projects were badly located, too expensive or not what the market wanted.

Compact, liveable cities can be the most efficient places for people to live, writes Helen Twose.

New Zealand's economy has grown at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter of 2016.

It's Auckland's biggest new tower and shopping centre - and Commercial Bay says H & M and HSBC will be tenants.

Fulton Hogan managing director Nick Miller will leave after seven years in charge.

The liquidator was appointed to one of property developer Tony Gapes' companies.

The cost of construction materials is rising up to 10 per cent for some products due to strong demand.

Our economy appears to be humming along, with latest GDP stats showing a 0.9 percent lift in economic activity.

To have Zara and H&M announce their first NZ stores will be opening in late 2016 speaks volumes about our vision for Sylvia Park to be a world-class retailing destination.

Fletcher Building has become the first company of its kind to achieve Rainbow Tick certification.

Heavy hint that popular clothing chains Zara and Uniqlo will be part of huge Auckland development.

Auckland is embarking on a massive regeneration project that aims to transform many of its suburban centres.

Owners of a popular Auckland shopping mall are trying to push through plans to almost double its size, without the public being able to have a say.

November 5, the dining lane will open with a new lineup of restaurants and cafes.

A full-scale temporary replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is being built in downtown Auckland.

Aucklanders are about to endure a "five-year nightmare" as work starts on a raft of major jobs, including the New Zealand International Convention Centre.

Kiwi Property Group, has paid $82.5m for the Westgate retail centre in Auckland being developed by New Zealand Retail Property Group.

Auckland University today released an image of its planned $281.9 million engineering faculty building.

A lack of shops in Auckland's growing and affluent north west is behind the push to build a big new mall.

Auckland University's $2 billion two-decade upgrade is halfway as it narrows its focus from five to three campus sites and upgrades, demolishes or extends a swag of buildings.

An expert report to Auckland Council suggests a huge shortfall in the amount of affordable terraced housing likely to be built over the next 30 years.

Fletcher boss Mark Adamson says the company is dealing with legacy issues - and this is the 'dark before the dawn.'

Fletcher Building's June 2015 annual result out today showed revenue climbed 3 per cent but net earnings fell 20 per cent.

Profit fell to $270 million in the year ended June 30, from $339 million a year earlier, the company said.