New ZealandBuilder Kiel Rangi keeps licence after skipping out on $70k botch-upNone of the walls were straight and all the weatherboards had been put on wrong.24 Aug 12:00 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandSewage trucked away from hundreds of Auckland homes with no proper connectionSummer is potentially going to be really smelly, one homeowner says.23 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandConstruction company hammered rail bridge rebuild piles 34m deepCyclone Gabrielle washed away the old 10m deep bridge piles, so they put in 34m deep ones.23 Aug 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumConstruction'Suspended' - building work on NZ's tallest apartment towerDispute between China Construction and developer Shundi Customs: Work suspended.23 Aug 05:00 AM
PremiumPremiumConstructionFletcher will fight regulator over Gib rebatesRegulator accuses Winstone Wallboards unit of breaching Commerce Act.22 Aug 10:48 PM
PremiumPremiumConstructionSkyCity forecasts earnings for 2025, delivers loss for latest yearHorizon Hotel opened, NZ International Convention Centre due to open next year.22 Aug 04:08 AM
PremiumPremiumConstructionDu Val Group: Andrew Bayly quizzed over statutory managementComplexity and scale meant immediate government intervention was required - Bayly.22 Aug 04:00 AM
ConstructionSkyCity makes $143.3m reported net lossSoft economy, cost-of-living pressures here and in Australia and regulatory issues cited.21 Aug 08:53 PM
Banking and financeGovernment steps in: Du Val Group placed in statutory managementAndrew Bayly and the FMA issued statements about why this happened and what's next.21 Aug 07:14 AM
PremiumPremiumConstructionFletcher Building gives warning on 2025 'challenging' year'We expect it will take time to see the flow-through to consenting and actual work.'21 Aug 12:28 AM
Banking and finance$227m loss: Fletcher delivers disappointing resultLosses from Higgins, intense competition, poor trading conditions feature in huge loss.20 Aug 08:59 PM
PremiumPremiumBanking and financeWhen will we know more about Du Val's interim receivership?Report went in last Friday, PwC says. Nothing has been released in public yet.20 Aug 04:38 AM
ConstructionAndrew Reding appointed Fletcher Building chief executiveHe has held roles at Graeme Hart's Rank Group in the US.19 Aug 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumConstructionEmpire gets largest Vital shareholder to back 50.01% takeover offerVital is due to deliver its full-year result next Tuesday.19 Aug 07:41 PM
PremiumPremiumConstructionDeath, rocks, doubters, tunnellers and Dublin: CRL's Sean Sweeney'Would have preferred to stay in New Zealand. I love New Zealand. I’m a passionate Kiwi.'19 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumConstructionPink filled hotels - now Eden Park wants to double concert events'Having a performer of this calibre play at Eden Park was a huge win for Auckland.'15 Aug 12:27 AM
PremiumPremiumBanking and financeAfter 23 years in Las Vegas, Jason Walbridge returns as new SkyCity chief executiveProud Kiwi and gaming specialist who served five years in the New Zealand Army.14 Aug 05:00 PM
ConstructionTakeover offer for NZX listed Vital by Herbert's Empire Capital TrustOffer is 34% above the last trading price, Empire's statement said.14 Aug 12:22 AM
New Zealand'It's a cool job': PM's advice on the role beneficiaries should fillPrime Minister Christopher Luxon said there is a desperate shortage of digger operators.13 Aug 12:42 AM
PremiumPremiumConstructionGraeme Hart’s Carter Holt Harvey Equities liquidated in group overhaulThe liquidation is being carried out as part of the rationalisation of the group.'12 Aug 09:29 PM
PremiumPremiumBanking and financeWill the Du Val founders' reality TV show ever hit our screens?Du Val show might air overseas initially, producer says.12 Aug 08:14 PM
PremiumPremiumConstructionProperty Insider: Fletcher Construction ‘restructures’ teams, Williams Corporation boss on investor returns'Investors with us for years, they get paid quarterly. We’ve never missed a payment.'12 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumConstruction'Surprise, intrigue' at three-home building which appears as oneCould this be a new prototype for terraced housing on medium-density Auckland sites?12 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAged careRetirement giant wins fast-track consent for 13-level block at $500m villageBuilding to rise in Parnell after a joint venture between developer and charitable entity.12 Aug 02:17 AM
ConstructionSold for A$170m: Fletcher's Australian plumbing business TradelinkA$10m of the deal has been deferred and might not be paid till 2026, company says.11 Aug 09:09 PM
New ZealandKids 'painted on damaged asbestos panels' at unnamed schoolDocuments reveal ‘widespread non-compliance’ over asbestos in schools.08 Aug 08:19 PM
PremiumPremiumConstruction$300m Auckland skyscraper: Construction work 'paused' indefinitelyAuckland Council is 'aware that work is currently paused on the Seascape development'.08 Aug 07:47 PM
New ZealandFifty years of fixing Whanganui’s roadsThere was 'a lot of shovelling' in the early days for Robbie Atkinson.08 Aug 03:00 AM
ConstructionFoodstuffs North Island fined $3.25m for anti-competitive land covenantsFoodstuffs fined for efforts to hinder rivals from opening or expanding.08 Aug 01:54 AM
PremiumPremiumBanking and financeOwners of Du Val-managed Lakewood Plaza units pay millions after water mains burst'Millions of dollars in repairs, ridiculously expensive': owner paying $30,000.07 Aug 09:17 PM
PremiumPremiumBanking and financeDu Val investor worried after interim receivership'It’s been nearly two years since I’ve been paid anything.' - Du Val investor06 Aug 09:17 PM
ConstructionFletcher's Iplex: leaky pipe class action launched in AustraliaAround 30,000 homes in Perth are thought to be involved.06 Aug 05:50 AM
New ZealandGranny flats proposal will not address housing market failures, council saysRemoving or reducing consent requirements would have minimal impact on costs.06 Aug 01:00 AM
PremiumPremiumBanking and finance'Rent will continue' - Du Val to worried apartment landlordAround 500 people live in the high-rise.06 Aug 12:00 AM