Former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley and four other Mainzeal board members are accused of failing to appropriately assess the company's financial position, according to the liquidators suing....

Initial geotechnic testing has been carried out on the site for the 52-level NDG Auckland Centre and construction might begin next year.

Kiwi Property Group's annual earnings increased 4.5 per cent as it seeks to raise $151.9 million to expand Sylvia Park.

Construction is due to resume at the weekend on the giant Waterview motorway interchange project after the discovery of faulty concrete forced it to a halt a fortnight ago.

An Australian hotel business is disputing action by NZ's largest hotel owner over the management of five hotels here.

A new motorway interchange north of Auckland opens on Wednesday, providing direct access for 10,000 Millwater residents.

Five New Zealand hotels previously run by Staywell Hospitality Group are now under CP Group's management.

Investigations are being carried out into weak, faulty Firth concrete supplied to the $1.4b Waterview Connection.

New Zealand has 72 large fixed cranes up, including 29 in Auckland and 23 in Christchurch.

Work on up to 35 residential and commercial projects will need to be redone after faulty concrete was supplied and used in building work.

China Construction Bank New Zealand is on a recruiting drive as it pushes for a slice of the growing market facilitating trade between this country and the world's second-biggest economy.

The Canterbury rebuild's imminent conclusion and business sales will push New Zealand's biggest listed business to make operating earnings of between $650 million to $690 million - the lower end of....

NZ's biggest listed company has revealed how one of its businesses made faulty and weak concrete and sent it out to many building sites, including the Waterview project.

Amendments to the Construction Contracts Act are due to be passed in Parliament soon and to come into effect from July 1.

Artists' impressions of Auckland's City Rail Link include a new underground station at Karangahape Rd built to resemble a stingray.

Prefabricated homes offering up to 15 per cent reductions in building costs are gaining a powerful boost from a green think-tank seeking sustainable ways of tackling the housing crisis.

As Auckland City corporates move on up to flash new high-rise towers nearer the waterfront, their dated, cast-off offices are being snapped up.

The McConnell family own construction company Hawkins. John McConnell talks to Jennifer Dann.

A revised design for the controversial SkyCity convention centre will be completed by the end of next month.

Auckland's rapidly expanding economy has prompted the city's biggest private developer to announce $220 million of new work.

Questions have been raised about Precinct Properties' planned $550 million 35-level Auckland tower.

Small business owners, particularly in the construction industry, should be breathing a sigh of relief this week.

Arch Hill residents have won concessions from big-box retailer Bunnings in an attempt to minimise the effects of the controversial new store on their Auckland neighbourhood.

Scaffolding has been taken down before work is completed on what was promoted as Auckland's newest five-star luxury hotel.

The number of skilled vacancies advertised online in New Zealand rose 1.1 per cent last month to its highest level in nearly six years as the Canterbury rebuild increased demand for skilled....

Redevelopment and planning work for Auckland's newest CBD five-star hotel is taking longer than expected, delaying the Sofitel So opening.

A 14-unit Ponsonby apartment development is planned for a pocket 430sqm site in a street once the domain of character villas.

Finally there is progress on the St James Theatre and now all eyes will be on the developers to deliver.

Fletcher Construction's efforts here during World War II and its aftermath are detailed in a second huge volume about the business.

Auckland is being rebuilt before our eyes, as projects worth at least $10 billion-plus rise across the city.