A 105-year-old Ponsonby landmark linked to an infamous murder is for sale - one of several high profile historic buildings to hit the market.

One of New Zealand's largest privately owned elderly-care, rest home and retirement village businesses is planning a $450 million to $500 million expansion.

A second Kiwi engineer is working on the world's tallest new tower and the first kilometre-high building.

A pre-fabricated housing business, which built four new multimillion dollar Auckland houses aims to build new places within only four weeks.

Two Auckland Council bodies are at loggerheads over whether 20ha of land at Hobsonville Pt should be used for housing or a film studio.

Mt Albert property for sale includes outbuildings.

Expansion constraints now mean the city and its port are about to head off in entirely different economic directions, their futures divided by widespread opposition, writes Anne Gibson.

The results of a probe into retirement village residents' complaints and disputes with their owners and managers will be revealed next month and could lead to a shake-up.

Convicted former Capial + Merchant boss Neal Nicholls will forfeit assets worth $1.8m to the police.