China Construction Bank New Zealand is on a recruiting drive as it pushes for a slice of the growing market facilitating trade between this country and the world's second-biggest economy.

NZ's biggest listed company has revealed how one of its businesses made faulty and weak concrete and sent it out to many building sites, including the Waterview project.

Auckland tradies are being targeted by the Inland Revenue Department in a bid to recoup unpaid income tax.

New Zealand's biggest leaky building payout points to serious flaws in our system, according to an industry expert.

The 150 owners of the 12-level Nautilus tower in Orewa were awarded the payout in a decision released yesterday by Justice Murray Gilbert.

The amount of vacant office space in the Auckland CBD has been shrinking for the past three years as the economy grows, business confidence reaches record highs, writes Chris Dibble.

Work on the latest phase of Auckland International Airport's fast-expanding commercial hub is well under way, ready for new buildings.

Geoffrey Lang's first sighting of a 33m cement storage tank in front of his house was also the first time he heard his wife swear.

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is supporting a halt of work on two large wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

Site enabling works on New Zealand's biggest new infrastructure project, Transmission Gully, begin this month.

A legal challenge to the lawfulness of two wharf extensions in the Waitemata Harbour will be heard in June.

A fight has erupted over one of New Zealand's biggest leaky building payouts, as 253 owners of a North Shore apartment/hotel tower battle one another.

One of the country's largest off-site housing prefabricators, eHome NZ, owes secured creditors $13.9 million.

Some of the biggest buildings of the new-look Christchurch are being put together virtual piece by virtual piece, thanks to remarkable 3D technology.

Massey University is planning to spend more than $130 million in the next year to double the student capacity of its Albany campus.

When the demand for housing could hardly be hotter, how is it that construction companies continue to fail?

Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.

The Wynyard Quarter's stout but stately 1920s John Lysaght building is getting a $6 million makeover.

Ports of Auckland is not ruling out a pause in construction on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

Councils may soon face private sector competition for issuing building consents again, as part of a Government drive to make housing more affordable.

As Wellington Airport's $58 million airport terminal extension rises out of the ground, more than 15,000 passengers continue to fly in and out each day.

Part of troubled housing development empire Tribeca Homes has been placed into liquidation by creditors.

Auckland's rapidly expanding economy has prompted the city's biggest private developer to announce $220 million of new work.

Donghua Liu demolished a stone wall and cut down trees allegedly without permission on land where he plans to build an ambitious housing project in Auckland.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, paced by Fletcher Building, as investors were drawn to firms that have under-performed the benchmark index.