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Colours codes for protected property

Supermarkets battle over Beachlands bid

Air base sites may be too pricey for first-home buyers

South Africa: Going home

Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.

Greener pastures for Hadlee

Hotchin takes a $765,000 loss

Embattled Hanover boss Mark Hotchin is selling properties as construction of his $30 million home on Paritai Drive continues.

$40m Millennium overhaul key to strategy

Skyscraper rises in Eternal City

Residential building work picks up

<i>Geoff Hardy:</i> Think twice before patching up a leaky home

It is notoriously hard to fix up a leaky building that has been poorly designed or built to start with.

Councils 'pricing Auckland out of market'

<i>Pip Cheshire:</i> Super City presents chance to shape Auckland

Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.

Council wants vetting of builders doing repairs

Old kindergarten to get new lease of life

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Fibre firms wooing backers for deep-sea link

Councils paid for private info

Homeowners are being targeted by advertisers using private information from building consent applications to solicit sales.