Builder selling luxury homes while familes and creditors owed $10m
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But despite falls from some heavyweight stocks, the index closed high.
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Shane Reti: Infrastructure vital for the north
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$750m plan: Auckland CBD's first vertical retirement village - Penthouses $13m each
Highest-price retirement village units: ORAs on two double-height penthouses $13.75m each.
Focus: Ikea finally on the way at Auckland’s Sylvia Park
The traditional big blue box, large-format store of 34,000sq m will sell the latest design and home furnishing at Sylvia Park. Video / NZ Herald
New Point Chevalier marae building takes top architectural award
All up, 57 buildings and projects won Auckland region prizes including 29 homes.
Watch: Who's coming to Highbury, new shops rising in $15m mall makeover
'Highbury’s core economic market has a younger, educated and more affluent bias.'
Master Builders: Cybersecurity incident being investigated
Investigation under way after Master Builders site appears to have been attacked.
Premium: First look inside $15m Highbury Birkenhead mall expansion
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Bankrupt builder used his child's bank account to steal $60k from theatre group
'I deeply regret my actions', says Nicholas Greer.
Roadblock for companies suing aluminium panel manufacturers
Companies allege Alucobond aluminium panels are unsafe and pose a fire risk.
Brett O’Riley: Time to set new infrastructure priorities
We have to be pragmatic and realistic, and open our doors to overseas funding.
Opinion: Filling NZ’s $210b infrastructure deficit black hole
The Government doesn’t have deep-enough pockets to fill the infrastructure black hole.
Auckland Light Rail shifts up a gear
ALR will help underpin growth, greater productivity and economic prosperity.
Infrastructure Report: Planning for future weather events will require a different approach
The concepts of resilience and sustainability are key priorities.
Nick Leggett: The importance of sustainability
OPINION: Our ageing infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle NZ’s changing climate.
Infrastructure Report: Future-proofing Auckland Airport
The airport is developing with an eye to the longer-term.
Adrienne Miller: Housing trick is in the mix
OPINION: Building up and building out should both be possible.
Infrastructure Report: Addressing the country’s infrastructure deficit
Public-private partnerships are critical for NZ's ambitious infrastructure plans.
Infrastructure Report: Priorities for big projects
Public and private partnerships are needed to get investment and development moving.
An alliance to spearhead cyclone recovery effort
Downer aims to build back smarter in Cyclone Gabrielle recovery.
Infrastructure Report: CRL an agent of change
Changes implemented for the City Rail Link will leave a legacy for construction industry.
Developers oppose anti-greenfields Auckland housing plans, council defends
How will Auckland look with 2.2m people? New plan for housing is now out for consultation.
Loaned $1.5b, never had a single loss: new $100m venture formed
'This is the result of many people over the years wanting to co-invest with our business.'
Markets with Madison: Construction slowdown hits suppliers
Building product supplier Metro Performance Glass is seeing demand slow and expects it to get worse. Plus, bio-tech company Pacific Edge is awaiting a decision over its Medicare cover.
Community group ‘surprised’ by consent for controversial Kerikeri social housing block
But Kāinga Ora seems to have taken some community concerns on board, group says.
Business leaders named in King's Birthday Honours
Vegetable-growing, IT, a four-day week, journalism: honours for leaders in their fields.
NZ's richest man does year's biggest leasing deal on new $100m warehouse
Warehouses for Synlait's new southeast Asia plant-based export operation.
Ikea opening: giant retailer to study nearly 1000 Kiwi homes
'We do a number of home visits to see how people live, what their needs are.'
Ikea finally on the way to NZ: Opening date revealed as building begins at Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park store will be size of three rugby fields - and yes it will have the meatballs.
‘Urgently reduce expenses’: Builder AHS Group eyes redundancies
'If we’re not building anything, we don’t particularly need a whole lot of builders.'
British buyer snaps up prison, school and uni contracts in giant $205m deal
Public-private partnership deal to sell contracts on jail, 11 schools, uni accommodation.