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Chasing millions: Appeal 'likely' as High Court gives council more time

Extension given as council chases $20.5m+ after selling part-built carpark for $1.

Progress on Te Kaha arena in Christchurch

The near-$700m stadium will be opened by April 2026. Video / Christchurch City Council

Property Insider: Kāinga Ora probing finances on four state house sites; changes at Mitre 10

Kāinga Ora on accounts, aesthetics, Mitre 10 in Waikato, what price a Resido car park?

Business Hub: New Mitre 10 chairman: why global retail giants visited this month

'This is about galvanising the membership and Mitre 10 being a co-operative' - Smith

Retirement village, hotel and more planned for $200m+ Ayrburn near Arrowtown

'It will take us five years, hoping to be the most visited destination in Queenstown.'

Four-star hotel plans resurrected for central Whangārei

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels want the Dent St site for a hotel, again.

City Gardens Apartments no longer deemed a dangerous building

'Good outcome' as no owners forced to leave the tower, after being on notice last week.

Dodgy drawings: Draftsman's ‘negligent; substandard’ work done in spare time

The building designer said he'd learned from mistakes made 'at a difficult time'.

Property Insider: Horse racing grandstand coming down; crane numbers plummet

A grandstand going for apartments but the latest study shows fewer cranes on our horizons.

Auckland Council vs Ranfurly Village over $650k fees - who won?

Arguments for lower fees were based on a Ryman case where amounts were cut by 79 per cent.

Fast-track bill has lack of transparency, protections for conflicts of interestral

The Auditor-General says he's concerned at aspects of the coalition's new bill.

'Risky': Two businesses on fast-track list donated to National

Labour is warning against allowing three MPs the right to fast-track infrastructure.

Christchurch’s new Catholic cathedral to be built on same site as last one

The original Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament was demolished in 2020 after quake damage.

Risk v reward: New hotel could offset rates

'If it does stack up, we would be fools not to progress it.'

'Sacrificial lambs': Fire engineering expertise takes hit in latest job cuts

The MBIE is considering axing one of only two senior fire engineers in the country.

City Gardens Apartments: Ministry now investigating, barrister says 'don't leave'

'MBIE has yet to decide whether a determination will be made' - spokeswoman.