'Very benign': Watchdog didn't bite hard on house materials
Report's 'findings and recommendations are very benign', said Grant Swanepoel of Jarden.
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Gib crisis: Is housing minister's taskforce making progress?
Taskforce established to investigate ways to resolve the plasterboard shortage.
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Ormiston housing project owes $55.7m: Developer blames vandalism, Covid, building costs
Creditors claim big-time as $85m Onehunga projects await buyers.
'Swiftest rise in a decade' as cost of building a new home soars
Steep surge in costs with no relenting anticipated for the rest of the year.
Construction site raids: 'Stressed' builders sleeping on-site to deter brazen thieves
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Auckland area's 41 best new, refurbished buildings
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Watch: 134-unit Auckland apartment block finished five months early
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Council selling 1.58ha in Avondale for planned development of 750 apartments
Avondale's regeneration "much needed and long overdue," says Mayor Phil Goff.
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Buyers concerned about progress on the site
Concern over caveats registered on title of troubled Ormiston property
Caveats potentially put blocks between the developer and all the home buyers.
Liam Dann: The vital industry NZ can't let collapse - and the reasons why
How the property sector fares through this tough cycle will be a real measure of progress.
Gib crisis: 'We're not gouging' - Fletcher CEO Ross Taylor
'We think we will take a hit as we come through this' - Hamish McBeath, Fletcher Building.
Stalled Ormiston development: Buyers fretting, sites sit 'dormant' - receivers
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Companies fined for making false building wrap claims
Product used to keep moisture out found to be not suitable.
Gib crisis: Commission probe into building sector out next month
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Gib crisis: Call for Fletcher chairman to resign
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Gib crisis: Container Door gets 'overwhelming response'
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