It's lunchtime and Timaru is bustling. Stop a local and ask why, and most will give you the same answer: Allan Hubbard.

Major centres are sprouting a growing crane population, with 76 cranes now on big sites.

Finance Minister Bill English says rising land values in Auckland caused by planning constraints have made it "illegal to build a house under half a million dollars".

Auckland is being rebuilt before our eyes, as projects worth at least $10 billion-plus rise across the city.

Work at four of Fletcher Building's main manufacturing plants in Auckland is on hold because of the power cut still affecting the city.

Is six storeys the new height for apartment buildings in zones approved for four storeys?

An Auckland-based building society is accused of making "deceptive" statements about a fund it manages and claims it holds US$6.2 billion of assets.

Applications to build new houses and apartments have hit a new seven-year high but the rate of growth is slowing.

Filling a gap left by bigger construction companies has been the foundation of a specialist bridge-building firm.

The Hataitai bus tunnel in central Wellington will be earthquake-strengthened over the next six months, causing some disruptions to off-peak bus services.

Burglars forced entry to an eco house being built in Christchurch - stealing a fully-constructed wall from the lounge. Is it a case of industrial espionage?

Property and construction bosses want the Government to reform the Resource Management Act, an extension of Special Housing Areas, the creation of more affordable housing in Auckland and Christchurch and perhaps the introduction of some form of capital ga

Fletcher Residential has applied to Auckland Council to have the Three Kings quarry re-zoned for apartments up to 10 levels high in the deep pit.

A new $17 million health and fitness centre at private Epsom girls' school St Cuthbert's College opens today.

A councillor has called it "pure madness" to spend $157.4 million on the council's new central Auckland premises.

Buyers of hundreds of new Auckland waterfront apartments will escape the leasehold ground rent trap.

Auckland's mega motorway tunnelling machine is powering its way below Waterview with only about 300 metres to go before reaching daylight early next month.

An increasing number of Aucklanders are looking at getting 80 per cent-plus mortgages to build homes in the south and west.

Families of the 115 people killed in the CTV building collapse during the 2011 Canterbury quake are hopeful justice will be served by a criminal investigation.

New Zealand's expanding building industry has signed up its 9000th apprentice - but says it is running out of young people to fill the demand for more.

NZ building consents rose at a modest 0.1pc pace in July reflecting a drop in the number of consents issued in Canterbury and a pick up in Auckland.

At long last the cavalry has ridden in to deal to Auckland's housing crisis. Indeed, not one cavalry, but several.

Auckland International Airport's vast Mangere land bank rose in value by $734 million between June 2011 and June 2014.

The country's busiest house builder, which expects to put up a third more homes this year, has welcomed the Government's KiwiSaver boost announced on Sunday.