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Auckland’s tallest office, apartment tower planned for downtown carpark site

Details revealed in application approved under new Fast-Track Approvals act.

Terraced house hellfire: New builds in Akl overheating due to poor design

Construction experts say overheating is difficult to mitigate once a house is built.

Zuru going into ex-Spark HQ on Victoria St West

200 staff will shift next month but later this year 250 will be in new HQ.

Devonport $400m intensification plan fast-track application: New apartments, shops, offices

Major intensification plans show the Devonport spots in line for change.

Loss of 190 jobs at ProLink, recruiter owes $3.8m

Migrants lose jobs at company linked to woman previously jailed over fake birth documents.

No consent: Landfill company ordered to pay $30k after post-cyclone slip

But the landowners have been left with a clean-up bill of almost $100,000.

‘Full throttle’ - IRD steps up January liquidations for unpaid tax

Inland Revenue confirmed a busy start to the year with the number of court applications.

Business confidence picks up, even in construction, NZIER says

More businesses entered the New Year with an optimistic mindset.

Whakaari White Island tour company owes $8.5m, liquidators say

Just $53,000 in assets as liquidators work to sell what they can.

'Massive accumulation' at Kāinga Ora house

Tenant denied claims his house was a fire risk or pest hotspot.

‘Sales declined significantly’: Barfoot & Thompson on December residential trade

'Given challenges, Auckland housing market came through the year in good shape.'

75% of completed units in new $450m village unsold: Summerset

Just 25% of units finished at new St Johns village are under contract: 75% unsold so far.

Hong Kong investor buys 120-lot Hobsonville Point site for $9.2m

Only Singaporeans and Australians can buy our residential property without clearance.

Bluestone Home Loans sold to ASX-listed Challenger for $597m

Challenger told Bluestone clients with direct debits that nothing would change for them.

Marsden Estate winery sold to British trust after 10 years on market

Vineyard and winery sold after spectre of subdivision loomed.

Opinion: The deal to solve Auckland’s infrastructure crisis

OPINION: We can catch up with our global peers – so let’s get on with it.