Three art-deco homes in St Heliers at the centre of a furore over Auckland's heritage preservation are unlikely to be relocated, Auckland Council chief executive says.

More than $7 million has been spent on overseas workers brought in to help cope with the workload after the Canterbury earthquake.

When American advertising guru Fred Mann and his wife Kitty decided to build a Kiwi bach in the Bay of Islands, they picked an Australian architect.

Three out of four New Zealand homes are failing to meet new energy-efficiency standards.

A developer is asking the courts to call off the Tree Council's crusade against him felling an 80-year-old Avondale pohutukawa.

Crane Group has told its shareholders to reject Fletcher Building's A$740 million ($989 million) takeover bid.

A Supreme Court ruling has left NZ's 1.4 million ratepayers more exposed in the leaky-building fiasco.

A Russian billionaire has been given permission to build a 233m walkway along an untouched Northland coastline to get better access to his fishing boat.

There were heated scenes at an Auckland Council meeting this morning as protesters tried to stop a heritage demolition.

Metropolis developer Andrew Krukziener has been bankrupted after surrendering to Inland Revenue's $6 million application.