Businesses connected to Stonewood Homes, which was placed in receivership this week, say they are unaffected.

Receivers says unsecured creditors are owed about $15 million and they hope to sell the business.

A construction sector subcontractor has expressed sympathy for Christchurch people who were now caught up in the receivership of the Stonewood businesses.

Stonewood Homes New Zealand, is in receivership, but home buyers have been told they've got a guarantee.

Director who ran trio of failed property companies owing more than $6 million is missing.

Residents of well-heeled Auckland suburbs are bristling at plans for new Special Housing Areas in their backyards.

The Government says there are strong prospects for construction, infrastructure and the IT sector. But things look dim for actors, pilots and air traffic controllers.

New Zealand shares rose, led by Fletcher Building after the country's biggest construction company bought a roading firm.

A group of residents on a quiet rural road in Auckland have banded together to try to stop two new commercial landfills opening.

The cost of construction materials is rising up to 10 per cent for some products due to strong demand.

An Uber-style service for the construction sector is launching in New Zealand, allowing contractors to rent out unused equipment to others in the industry.

A lawsuit against building products maker James Hardie Industries has so far been joined by more than 80 claimaints, with another 80 to 100 expected to sign up.

Two builders have copped fines from the industry watchdog for their negligent and incompetent work - and one has lost his trading licence.

The owners of 22 business units have joined a lawsuit of 80 property owners against James Hardie over its Titanboard product.

Auckland residents and ratepayers can now see if their suburbs are destined for new multi-storey developments.

Our economy appears to be humming along, with latest GDP stats showing a 0.9 percent lift in economic activity.

A Christchurch construction company has been fined $45,000 for failing to properly identify and manage asbestos at a demolition site.

Fletcher Building has become the first company of its kind to achieve Rainbow Tick certification.

COMMENT: Are authorities able to monitor and oversee the hundreds of building projects across Auckland, asks Lucy Walker.

A lawsuit against building products maker James Hardie Industries has lost its bid to let potential plaintiffs join after a Dec. 31 cut-off date.

Work on Auckland's most upmarket new hotel has resumed after the main Korean contractor left, scaffolding was dismantled and the job which started two years ago lay idle for months.

A $50 million-plus housing project at Albany identified as the site of a shoddy-building video has been issued with four notices by Auckland Council to fix work.

State-linked development companies in the Red Sea port of Jeddah have agreed to pony up the money for a skyscraper flirting with the unprecedented 1km mark.

The report gave the programme a red rating, and said it was highly likely to need more money.

The Supreme Court will decide whether or not parts of the Ministry of Education's lawsuit against Carter Holt Harvey can proceed.

INTERACTIVE: Confidential maps show a big squeeze in some of Auckland's poshest and poorest streets.

Homeowners will probably be able to build a fence, carport or more without the need for a resource consent under major reforms to planning laws.