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Wayne Scott: We need 1kg of crushed rock every hour to maintain our roads

OPINION: Each Kiwi uses about 1kg of quarry aggregate every hour to live and work.

Massive 4500-home Auckland development plan partially stalled by court challenge

Auckland Transport warns a car parking shortfall could line 8-12km of local streets.

Housing hold-up: More delays feared for Te Tumu development

The 740ha Pāpāmoa East site could deliver thousands of homes.

A hidden basement and a Queen’s throne: A look inside the St James Theatre rebuild

A new 1200-seat black box theatre is being created in the basement.

National security doubts: Judges question rush on Trump's $685m White House ballroom

The US$400m ballroom would add 8400sq m to the White House complex.

'The biggest one of all': Trump files plans for 75m triumphal arch in capital

The golden arch, topped by a winged Lady Liberty, is planned for near Arlington Cemetery.

Tauranga down thousands of homes, housing register climbs

Tauranga is short by an estimated 4950 to 5950 dwellings.

High-rise horror no more: Cintra gets new cladding in leaky building fix

The entire tower was covered in shrink wrap for months during the huge building project.

The Trump presidential library would be a giant tower of grift

Critics warn the project blends a presidential library with luxury real estate.

Brad Tiller: KiwiSaver and infrastructure prosperity

OPINION: By 2030 KiwiSaver, ACC and the NZ Super Fund will hold over $300b in savings.

US firm wins consent for $650m takeover of Wellington parts trader

Americans spotted growth in the Kiwi car parts trading business founded in 2004.

Rising into the skyline: New mass-timber office building for Hastings

Eighty Hastings council staff will move into the complex.

Auckland leading housing recovery in latest building consents

Where are some of Auckland's biggest projects? Two lists here show a huge intensity push.

Selling a Parnell townhouse for $150,000 seen as best deal

Townhouse owners fear costs from a ground rent review by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa.

Business confidence dives as war shock and fuel costs hit firms' outlook

ANZ's Business Outlook survey captures the reaction to the March oil shock.

Property Insider: From Drury to Southland - the quiet giant betting billions on wind power and future freight

Calder Stewart has built 750,000sq m of new buildings for $1.5b-plus in last three years.