Speaker Lockwood Smith has confirmed the Beehive's roof is not watertight and there is no money available to fix it.

The average asking price for new listings fell 3.6 per cent to $407,349 during May, latest figures show.

The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.

The trend for new housing consents jumped 15.5 per cent in April, to reach the highest level in two years, says Statistics New Zealand.

A $218 million prison development towering over Auckland's Southern Motorway has horrified residents, principals and community leaders.

Auckland ratepayers will not automatically get a say in SkyCity plans to expand its convention centre over Federal St.

Ian Mellsop knows how to build a good aquarium...

SkyCity wants to build the country's first international convention centre opposite its casino in downtown Auckland.

An apartment owner in one of the country's worst-affected rotting blocks wants to help thousands of others through the leaky building nightmare.

The government's description of the leaky building issue as a "natural disaster of huge proportions" is both a clever device and a dangerous precedent.