Photos of the Palace Hotel after after large cracks were found in its walls.

A 124-year-old heritage building in downtown Auckland was torn down this morning after large cracks were found in its walls.

A real estate agent must pay $1500 and undergo ethics training after replacing a private 'for sale' sign with one of his own.

A sacked executive's claims of potentially fatal gas installations around NZ are 'scaremongering', an ERA hearing has heard.

Demolition work proceeds on the Manchester Courts building, one of the earthquake damaged buildings on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets in Christchurch.

Wilderland, an alternative community on the Coromandel Peninsula, has been ordered to evacuate and demolish all its dwellings.