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300-berth marina planned for Hobbs Bay, Gulf Harbour

Berths are planned to be 14m to 25m with 10 superyacht berths at the new facility.

Auckland, Northland's 43 best buildings: Architecture awards announced

State-owned apartments, an innovation hub and an early learning centre also won awards.

Gisborne Digest: A round-up from around the district

News snippets from around the Gisborne area.

Proposed rates rises for Auckland households lower than first proposed

'I’ve proposed the lowest rates increase of any metropolitan council in New Zealand.'

The Block NZ homes under construction to be sold

Four new homes under construction to be sold after The Block NZ is canned. Video / Shayne Currie

Property Insider: The latest on Kāinga Ora builds, and the house price outlook

The scale of financial trouble the builder contracted by Kāinga Ora is in is revealed.

Cold houses to blame for people needing to ‘blast the heater’ - Green Building Council

New Zealand's housing building standards labelled decades behind most other countries.

Watch: A tour through Kāinga Ora's newest city apartments

Take a peek inside one of the new Kāinga Ora Lake Rd apartments.

Chris Bishop makes way for more housing in Wellington but keeps controversial heritage listings

The Minister has delivered his verdict on Wellington's District Plan.

Business Hub: new Naylor Love chief executive Bruno Goedeke

'After a few weeks, we decided we needed to move' - Goedeke on coming to NZ.

Pocket rocket: 143 per cent growth for tiny house business, 21st to fifth-busiest NZ house builder

The company targets the budget-conscious, trucking places nationally. Prices from $65,000.

Bay of Plenty housing: Bishop rejects panel's recommendations

The minister's decision opens the door to housing growth in the area.

Rehoming Napier: It's taken a few years, but one resident's 'childhood dreams' are coming true

More than 300 homes are under construction or in advanced planning.

Selling dreams: What it’s really like to be a Kiwi real estate agent

Think you could be a real estate agent? Three top sellers on what the lifestyle is like.

Tokoroa reserve in line for housing development

The local council applied for a partial revocation of Stanley Park.

'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector

Workers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.

Build Partners in voluntary administration, was partway through building 91 Kāinga Ora units

Grant Thornton is now in charge of the construction business, which built 700 state homes.

Building consents fall - but have we hit the floor yet?

Building downturn the worst in 15 years, bank says, but there's still some optimism.