Fletcher Building shareholders have been given a rosy outlook at their annual meeting today, with strong conditions in the construction market tipped to continue.

Protestors are gathered outside Fletcher Building's annual meeting, opposing its housing plans for the Ihumatao area near Auckland International Airport.

Negative impact on world markets following Paris terrorists attacks is tipped to be short-lived.

A controversial land swap for a housing project at Three Kings Quarry has been approved by Auckland councillors today.

Work is about to start on the NZ International Convention Centre, ready for a 2019 completion of the project which will include a 300-room five-star hotel.

Building project announced to take 38 months.

Dairy giant plans to move into new 1.6ha international headquarters early next year.

More Fonterra job cuts have raised questions about whether the dairy giant will need all the space it has leased in new upmarket Auckland headquarters.

Fletcher Building chief is calling for 'realistic dialogue' over housing affordability, writes Graham Skellern.

Fletcher Building's June 2015 annual result out today showed revenue climbed 3 per cent but net earnings fell 20 per cent.

Profit fell to $270 million in the year ended June 30, from $339 million a year earlier, the company said.

Dual-listed giant Fletcher Building is tipped to push up annual operating earnings 4 per cent to $652 million when it declares its full-year result tomorrow.

Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not into political correctness. My focus is always firmly on the bottom line.

Is the Govt really getting double the amount of dividends from its sold down power companies?

Fletcher's application to have Auckland's Three Kings Quarry rezoned as residential begins this week.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, paced by Genesis Energy, Contact Energy and Mighty River Power in a relief rally as Meridian Energy's instalment came due.

Weak, substandard concrete has been delivered to 70 sites from an Auckland plant, says Firth owner Fletcher Building.

Faulty concrete has now been discovered in The University of Auckland's $200m city campus science redevelopment and expansion.

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

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.

Spark has fallen from being the NZX's largest listed company by market capitalisation, valued at $6.51 billion in February, to the third largest at $5.17 billion.

The Singaporean Government's sovereign wealth fund is expanding its New Zealand property holdings after taking a 49 per cent stake in 10 major properties for about $1.2 billion in the last year.

New Zealand shares fell, led by Fonterra Shareholders' Fund, after the world's biggest dairy exporter lowered its guidance for dividends