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'Our challenge is to keep our heads down' – Andrew Reding on Fletcher Building in 2026

'I think it would be a mistake to count on any swift economic turnaround,' says Reding.

'Biggest and best': Rodd & Gunn CEO on new $10m+ Melbourne store

'Level of detail and how each floor of the store works is incredible,' says Mike Beagley.

Homeowner says $91k council prosecution for illegal cabana felt 'targeted'

Michael Bryant was initially fined $19.5k for unconsented building work.

Farmers, companies fined $108,000 for Waikato dairy effluent discharges

The effluent discharges were all in Te Awamutu area in March or August 2024.

'Clever way to deal with a slow market' - apartment developer offering two-year mortgage suspension

Developer John Love says the market is slow, so he is offering an unusual apartment deal.

Tauranga's $306m civic precinct: Who should pay?

Councillors voted to use asset sale profits first to reduce project debt.

Council spots unconsented work at $2.4m property on real estate ad

A man has been prosecuted for an unconsented cabana on his Pāpāmoa beachfront property.

Payment battle: Builder and apartment owners clash over $3m-$4m Quattro repair bill

The body corporate claims Teak owes money for delays and defective work.

June McCabe: Māori economy forecast to double to $70k per person by 2040

Opinion: The Māori Economy could deliver 22% of NZ's economic growth over 15 years

Mitre 10 poaches top Foodstuffs exec as new CEO from 2026

Rowles has been in charge of launching Foodstuffs newest supermarket offerings.

'Vision finally becomes reality': Waikato medical school build begins

The school will offer New Zealand's first graduate-entry programme.

Property Insider: How much did retailers Anne and David Norman pay for ex-Beca House?

The last 2025 column, reporting on the billionaire Normans and a big building deal.

Take a tour of Auckland's sorry sites: Abandoned, shelved, never built, unsold

Have we become more a city of fails than sails, given the city heart's sorry state?

Billionaire retailers to buy ex-Beca HQ, betting on $5.5b City Rail Link

'City Rail Link will be a game-changer, with the Karanga-a-Hape station metres away.'

Cameron Bagrie: Trust, not growth, may decide who wins the 2026 election

Opinion: Inflation still outpaces wages, leaving households feeling poorer.

Fire investigator report raises concern about alarm at New World Victoria Park

Fire cause redacted under the Official Information Act but event was deemed accidental.