Expansion constraints now mean the city and its port are about to head off in entirely different economic directions, their futures divided by widespread opposition, writes Anne Gibson.

The results of a probe into retirement village residents' complaints and disputes with their owners and managers will be revealed next month and could lead to a shake-up.

If Housing NZ has its way, no one will be able to easily say 'that's state housing' - see its latest plans for new Auckland homes.

A Chinese couple have taken a novel approach to quickly building Auckland homes - using a crane to swing four new units into place over just two days.

From swimming pool fences to unauthorised construction work, three high-profile Aucklanders have appeared before the courts on a range of charges.

Len Brown is being urged by a senior councillor to accept a court ruling on controversial wharf extensions and instruct Ports of Auckland to do the same.

Nearly 6000 new apartments are set to be built across Auckland over the next three years, with most planned for suburban and city fringe areas, new research reveals.

More than 500 New Zealand leaky-home victims, whose places have been clad in James Hardie materials, could lodge legal action in Auckland in the next few weeks.

Company denies liability, awaits appeal result involving Ministry of Education.

Government plans to fill vacant Crown land with houses are being lambasted by Labour as a fiasco after one of four would-be Auckland sites turned out to be largely council-owned.

Shoddy buildings are going up in Auckland with workers encountering serious problems and inspection fails at some sites.

Building consents fell in April, after the previous month's strong gain, as intentions to build houses decreased.

Land sold by TVNZ to SkyCity for $10 million to help build a convention centre has been valued at $28 million, less than two years later.

Funding has been confirmed for a class action lawsuit against the makers of defective plaster cladding.

Builders are already fretting about responding to Government plans for up to 10,000 affordable new residences on 500ha of the Auckland Crown landbank.

Free Primavera 50 Vespa motor scooters and helmets are being given away with six "affordable" Mt Eden one-bedroom apartments, for sale from $430,000.

Changes to immigration rules to help meet demand for the 5000 more construction workers needed to rebuild Canterbury have been largely welcomed by a workers’ union.

A crackdown on tradies' cash jobs is yielding "outstanding" results, says the tax department.

Major changes to rules about quake-prone buildings have been announced, cutting the number of buildings requiring assessment from 500,000 to 30,000.

Fletcher Building subsidiary Fletcher Living has just won a huge Government contract to build 191 new Christchurch houses.

Investigations are being carried out into weak, faulty Firth concrete supplied to the $1.4b Waterview Connection.

New Zealand has 72 large fixed cranes up, including 29 in Auckland and 23 in Christchurch.

The director of a failed Auckland building contractor that owes creditors almost $5 million has allegedly refused to co-operate with receivers.

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....

An investment company that failed to build nearly $10m worth of new homes has finally succumbed to creditors' pressure and entered liquidation.