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Passion project: Ex-All Black and billionaire partner demolish waterfront home for new mansion

Separate office, spa and cinema room with a projector equipment anteroom planned.

Auckland councillor in hot water after comparing housing policy to 'gang rape'

Christine Fletcher's comments offended multiple councillors.

Labour and National's housing plans for Auckland likened to 'Soviet-style blocks'

The focus is bulk and location, not architecture and design, says a council planner.

Housing plan will turn Auckland into an ugly city, says heritage group

'This will be a green light for developers to put up cheap, badly designed buildings.'

Simon Wilson's Glasgow Diary: Glendowie to the rescue

Today's news about the weather, ahead of the world's most important climate meeting yet.

Is Auckland walking into another 'leaky homes' disaster?

Experts warn that first-time developers are cutting corners in the current hot market.

NZ's biggest builder celebrates 20,000th home

"We never set out to be the biggest home builder in New Zealand" - Grant Porteous.

Robertson and Orr see house prices becoming more 'sustainable'

"There's a shared view that house price growth has been unsustainable," Robertson said.

Brooke van Velden: New housing laws hurt those they try to help

OPINION: Govt's latest move on housing has divided Kiwis when its ideas need to unite us.

Owner of $756k Sydney 'half-house' hits out at builders

A Sydney man claims he wasn't given 'any notice' regarding the change in plans.

'It's a mess': Builders of bizarre 'half-house' explain what went wrong

Sydney dad Bishnu Aryal says he 'nearly fainted' when he saw his new $750k house.

No toilets, topless calendars: Women tradies face sexism on the job

Woman tradies say sexism comments are a daily occurrence on the job.

National's solution to housing shortage woes

National proposes requiring councils to zone more land for housing immediately.

Mike Hosking: Govt's new rules on housing haven't made a jot of difference

OPINION: No bubble has ever burst and that's not changing this time.

Political Roundup: The missing part of the Government's housing package

OPINION: Jacinda Ardern's kindness won't help those at the bottom of the housing market.

'Some builders could go under' as timber shortage hits major supplier

Carter Holt Harvey reportedly can't supply timber because of the house construction spike.