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Fletcher to return $300m windfall to shareholders

Fletcher to reveal more at today's investor briefing

Builders bidding for work on razor-thin margins: BDO

The industry now divided into two camps: robust and fragile - BDO.

OECD: Govt needs to make significant changes to KiwiBuild

The KiwiBuild reset has been pushed out yet again and is now expected next month.

Hi-tech house-building factory to open

Recruitment of staff for the factory is well underway.

Ranking NZ group home builders: Who's the biggest and busiest?

Who are NZ's biggest group house builders?

Were Alexandra Park 'voids' actually lava caves?

"Those were clearly lava caves." - Peter Haynes on 'voids' beneath apartments.

'Absolute disaster': Construction contractor to shut shop

"The market is an absolute disaster down there." - Ian Cole

Tower trouble: Vote looms on Auckland land sale to pay $40m bill

ANZ and Westpac are owed $40m by next year.

Pattrick Smellie: Twyford's KiwiBuild cavalry is coming, but slowly

To Twyford's rescue is the recently introduced Kaiinga Ora Homes and Communities Bill.

Where will Ikea open? Costco arrival sparks speculation

"Where there's a Costco, there's often an Ikea beside it or very nearby."

Rivals react to Costco: Warehouse, Foodstuffs, Countdown have their say

Do rivals of giant US-headquartered Costco feel threatened?

How Costco could change us

Would you buy a membership to get Costco goods 30 per cent cheaper?

Jenny Ruth: What will Fletcher do with a billion dollars?

COMMENT: Jenny Ruth argues that Fletcher will soon have cash in hand.

Classroom crunch: The areas where kids are learning in prefabs

A big backlog of school building work is blamed on an overstretched construction industry.

Revealed: China's $11 billion NZ building spend-up

Raft of projects in pipeline over next eight years, and $2.1b of work already happening.

Auckland construction firm boss faces deportation for immigration fraud

The Malaysian businessman's crimes 'strike at the heart of our immigration'.