Residential developer planned to lay off up to 30pc of staff - how many took redundancy?
On November 8, the residential developer sent a proposal to staff, hoping to cut costs.
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Huge plans for centre of projected city of 60,000 get green light.
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Fulton Hogan staff take up shares as dividend jumps 46 per cent
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Focus: Theft victims taking tracking down offenders into their own hands
Apprentice carpenter Braden Barker took tracking down the person who stole tools from his car into his own hands, but says police were unable to arrest the man when he tracked him down. Video / NZ Herald
Construction giant wants more Māori leadership at all levels of its business
Downer Construction wants to increase tangata whenua working in key roles.
Focus: Explosion rocks downtown Auckland
Emergency services rushed to an explosion at a construction site on Halsey St in downtown Auckland that left five people injured. Video / NZ Herald
Premium: DCI Data Centres launched $400m 'AKL02'
DCI Data Centres CEO Malcolm Roe, Digital Economy Minister David Clark and Brookfield managing director Udhay Mathialagan turn the sod for 'AKL02', a $400 million data centre campus that will be built in Albany on Auckland's North Shore. Video / NZ Herald
Megan Woods weighs in on the plasterboard crisis
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Companies fined for making false building wrap claims
Product used to keep moisture out found to be not suitable.
Building company collapse: Dream home turns into 'nightmare'
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Supply chain crisis: Soaring costs hammer companies, some may go bust
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Wellington's new convention centre Tākina time lapse
Wellington's new convention centre, Tākina, rises from its construction site on Cable Street. Video / Supplied
Business Hub: Ross Taylor
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Wellington city struggles with 138% construction workforce shortfall
Doubt is being thrown over the deliverability of big construction projects in the capital.
$1.2 billion Sleepyhead Estate gets green light
$1.2 billion Sleepyhead Estate at Ohinewai receives rezoning approval. Video / Supplied
Ormiston Rise community in East Auckland
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Massive pōhutukawa return home to Quay Street
While the city was sleeping, Auckland’s urban ngahere / forest welcomed home the first two of seven mature pōhutukawa to Quay Street in a nine-hour crane operation last night. Video / Auckland Council
Omana North time-lapse
Time-lapse footage of construction at Omana North. Video / Omana North
Focus Live: Sky-high real estate prices see government tabling bright-line extension
With more than half of Auckland's houses selling for over $1 million, the government is considering extending the bright-line test from five to ten years. Video / Will Trafford
Premium: BDO's annual construction survey reveals uncertainty in the industry
BDO's head of construction, James MacQueen, revealed the biggest concern of nearly 100 surveyed was the lack of future work security. Video published 2020. Video / NZ Herald
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Linda Trainer GM asset Management Kiwi Property talks about the Sylvia Park expansion. Video / Michael Craig / Kiwi Property
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A city that is going places
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Local Focus: Napier demolition the largest 'in living memory'
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Focus: Fletcher Building releases half-year result
Focus: Fletcher Building net profit drops by $7m to $82m 'in line with expectations'. Video / Jed Bradley