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Strewth: Pre-made Aussie bathrooms for Avondale state units

Where five state homes once stood, now 18 state apartments are on the Avondale site.

'Absurd delays': Builders threaten to bypass council approval due to delays

Some builders are threatening to bypass council inspections due to 'absurd' delays.

Real Deihl nails building apprentice comp

Gareth Deihl poised to compete nationally

Decision pending: Westgate developer's $80m-plus claim against council

The court case has concluded after a long trial over whether services had been delivered.

Soil turning marks start of Christchurch stadium construction

Work on the 30,000-seat Canterbury Multi-Use Arena is due to be finished by mid-2025.

Woolworths NZ selling Chch site consented for $300m mixed-use hub

Homes, apartments, offices, medical centre, childcare, gym, cinema among hub's elements.

Stanley Group liquidators suing directors after $17.9m failure

Directors understood to have engaged counsel, strenuous defence expected.

Owners of 40-level Auckland apartment block sue for $140m

Fire, structural, weathertightness and internal moisture defects are alleged.

Experts welcome FMA 'stop' on Flat Bush 50% return scheme

"The industry as a whole benefits from this type of market regulation," Mark Francis says.

Landowner to sell Ahipara section as occupation clocks up six months

Occupiers hoping for "positive solution" in the next two months - but can stay all winter.

Recession fear low, inflation fear 'off the charts' - ANZ survey

Residential construction feeling the pinch as building costs rise and house prices fall.

Mainzeal liquidations: $111m of claims 'admitted'

Liquidators can't say when they will finish the work.

Supply chain crisis: Soaring costs hammer companies, some may go bust

Plumbers will definitely run out of some products, market warned.

Watch: Tauranga CBD ‘dead’ according to businesses

Business in the Tauranga CBD is off to a slow start for some. Video / Bay of Plenty Times

Takapuna land sale defended, leaders angry at critics of $400m scheme

Board was equally divided so chair used his casting vote to carry the deal.

Complaint about $75m Queenstown campground sale rejected

Construction of new development to be phased in seven stages, taking more than a decade.