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Crane numbers down 15% nationally with sharper drop in Auckland

'This is not surprising given the ongoing issues in the market' - Steve Gracey of RLB.

Watch: Hero dad leaps across collapsing walkway 50 storeys high to save family in killer quake

'I just moved instinctively – ran, reacted, focused only on moving forward.'

Housing glut: Auckland’s biggest agency has record unsold stock

Some Auckland vendors had begun to expect higher prices, REINZ said of February data.

Du Val saga: How were jewellery, artworks, firearms paid for?

PwC sought court orders for Clarkes to deliver assets or provide information about them.

‘Such big development potential’ - why Queenstown place went for $45.5m

'The price was big because the sale included so much flat land.' - local investor

Property Insider: Spooked by agency closures; developer retrenching; residents begin Amaia shift

People are alarmed by the JLL closures, asking what that says about the successful agency.

Woolworths wins consent for giant $213m land deal in Christchurch

Overseas Investment Office approval comes day after Govt announces supermarket crack-down.

Not so clever: Fletcher Building’s prefab house-building factory to shut

The $15m factory, which has 35 workers, will close by June 30.

‘Helipad’ on plans but council says no chopper application sought

The word 'helipad' is on approved plans but the council says no landing rights are sought.

'Slow but complete breakdown': $9.8m real estate agency fight; Cooper company wins big award

Case revolved around protracted dispute between parties over branch established at Albany.

High-rise horror: Owners of wrecked upmarket apartments to walk away

'This really was a situation where the owners are salvaging what they could.'

Is the economy’s ‘surprise’ bounce the start of a real recovery?

Stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter GDP growth is good news, but can it last?

Why 56-level $300m+ Seascape tower is abandoned for seven months

Court decision in November prohibited the builder from acting till the paperwork was done.

'Upside surprise': NZ limps out of recession, GDP rises 0.7%

The New Zealand economy returned to growth in the final quarter of 2024.

Auckland architecture awards shortlist out: 56 projects named

Toilets, houses, additions and alterations, interiors, apartments, new schools on list.

Developer taking $100m Karangahape Rd building plans to Environment Court

Developer hopes the court may hear case this winter and overturn the original decision.