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'Sensationalist': Fletcher boss hits back at Aussie builder on $750m leaky pipe repair claim

Poor installation practices in Perth were cited including over-bending, poor lagging.

'Is it going to take someone being electrocuted and killed?': Fletcher pipe crisis

"We believe this is an Australia-wide issue and that WA is simply the tip of the iceberg."

Snapping up the neighbour: Sir Bob Jones buys $70m Auckland office tower

He already owned the neighbouring tower.

First-half commercial, industrial, retail property sales $1.2b, down 25pc

Private investors are the single most active group, ahead of syndicates and foreigners.

Hiwa-i-te-Rangi reaches major milestone

Watercare's Hiwi-i-te-Rangi Tunnel Boring Machine has reached the halfway mark of its 14.7-kilometer journey to central Auckland as it excavates the Central Interceptor tunnel. Video / Watercare Services Ltd

Maat suspends returns from four property investment schemes - Tuffin

Investors poured around $180m into 11 Maat property schemes - what next?

Giant Ruakura Superhub will swell Hamilton City Council’s coffers

Tainui Group Holdings sets the record straight on its commercial obligations.

NZ's biggest builders: The contenders with $100m-plus workloads

They're nipping at the heels of the biggest operators.

Focus: Ikea finally on the way at Auckland’s Sylvia Park

The traditional big blue box, large-format store of 34,000sq m will sell the latest design and home furnishing at Sylvia Park. Video / NZ Herald

Watch: The Drawing Board episode 5

Derek visits post-quake Christchurch to see if the rebuild of Aotearoa's most quintessentially English city has shaken off its colonial past and embraced Ōtautahi's rich Māori heritage. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.

Watch: The Drawing Board episode 4

Derek visits Te Ara a Tāwhaki at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and explores the process of collaboration between Pākeha architects Tennent Brown and Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.

Twin-building $25m heritage offices, shops completed in Britomart

Office, retail tenants left buildings pre-pandemic but the space is now reoccupied.

Watch: The Drawing Board episode 3

Derek travels to a small papakainga development in Rapaki with Perry Royal and Ngāti Whatua unveil plans to expand their ground-breaking multi-level papakainga development in Tamaki Makaurau. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.

200ha, 400 businesses, 5700 people and not finished: How big will this business estate get?

New details reveal just how massive it will ultimately be.

Watch: The Drawing Board episode 2

Derek explores Tūrama, a whare that embeds whakapapa into the built form, creating a connection to a place beyond where the eye can see. The Drawing Board is an 8-part series airing Monday nights on Whakaata Māori. Made with the help of NZ on Air. Video / Faultline Films

Watch: The Drawing Board Trailer

The Drawing Board Trailer. Video / Faultline Films

Watch: The Drawing Board episode 1

The Drawing Board, an 8-part series airing Monday nights on Whakaata Māori, is examining how indigenous architectural design is reshaping our spaces through a Māori lens. Video / Faultline Films

Here's what's new and exciting in world-class Waikato

Experiences and facilities geared to attract visitors and locals.