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Political Roundup: Our politicians are competent firefighters, but terrible builders

Main parties good with the political firefighting required to deal with disasters, but ...

Cyclone Gabrielle: 6 Summerset villages lost power, communications

"Ran essential services on generator power, fully supplied with food and medication."

Northland news in brief: Police appeal for crash info; building apprentice challenge

News snippets from across Northland and the surrounding areas.

Judge orders building company to reveal documents in a dispute over cost to build home

Building company ordered to say if documents exist, and if so, to hand them over.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay building industry effectively on hold

Flood damage assessment leaves building industry without inspectors.

City Rail Link’s lucky scrape with Auckland floods

City Rail Link would have been delayed by a year if floods happened earlier.

Profit slump as Commercial Bay, PwC Tower developer releases result

Big Auckland downtown retail complex and Defence House in Wellington were devalued.

Lack of vitality: Healthcare trust has bottom-line loss

Trust started a $200m asset sales programme, planning to use that for development.

$16.8b Australian giant's plans to super-size leafy lane

The only regulatory hurdle is now getting consent to swing two huge cranes on the site.

Insolvent developer proposed $250/week payment over 5 years

Court approves scheme to repay debt one lawyer says is $2 million.

SkyCity seeks hundreds of staff in post-lockdown turnaround

'I’ll be hoping in a year’s time, we’ll be back to 5000 employees again,' says CEO.

SkyCity Entertainment Group turnaround: Profit up 167%

Especially strong Auckland hospitality and gaming machine operations were noted.

Cliff dwellers: What does the future hold for NZ’s homes on the edge?

The appeal of having a vista overlooking the city can come at cost.

Well-established house builder laying off staff in 'restructuring'

At least four big challenges drive company to announce layoffs.

IAG net profit up 170pc, economic conditions 'challenging'

'Largely due to the expected higher natural perils costs from the Auckland flood event.'

Fletcher Building still feeling the heat after SkyCity inferno

Residential markets here and in Australia expected to soften.