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'Inexcusable': Auckland Council’s secret seven-figure payout labelled a disgrace

'Confidentiality clauses should not be used to shield the council from embarrassment.'

Punishing $226.5m devaluations: $4.7b landlord in red

Movement in fair value of investment properties: on profit and loss account at -$226.5m.

Will incoming Government cull civil servant numbers?

Capital CBD could take a hit if layoffs unleashed.

Retirement giant's profit leaps 24pc but shareholders won't get interim dividend

'Directors resolved not to pay an interim dividend to provide for ongoing investment.'

Repeat offender: Illegal Albany Heights work brings $34k fine

As it turned out, it wasn’t Danny on the digger but Tao Ma, pretending to be Danny.

Homeowner fumes at lack of action over cliff collapse

A man who owns a home above a startling slip waits and waits for council action.

Court orders permanent ban for fraudster to protect public

He is studying law fulltime at AUT and hopes to be admitted to the bar.

Privately-owned seawall under construction is rising at Shore beach

Building at Belmont follows recent action at Point Wells over illegal seawalls.

Watch: Alarming state of red-stickered cliff-top house that's not condemned

The Herald saw an alarming sight when it flew a drone over the sea on Friday last week.

Inside the Auckland scaffolding disaster that cost a young father his arms

After the 'massive sound' and fireball, Jahden Nelson was left in 'excruciating' pain.

Property Insider: Waiwera tower went with whimper; wholesale fund repayments looming

Demolition more of a labour of love, slowly unpicking the structure from the top down.

Townhouse construction funding most popular, land development not so much

Appetite grows for lending to terraces and townhouses.

Auckland like you've never seen it: Giant artwork's forest canopy to enfold city view

"Important to me that the artwork operated on a macro and micro scale." - Sara Hughes.

'I miss him every day': Son speaks after tradie electrocuted at work

An electrician is now defending WorkSafe charges following Craig Johnston's death.

New loss on Auckland property deposit linked to $2.3m Mt Eden deal

Both cases have similarities: deposits paid, deals never settled and one man with links.

Concrete data points to NZ building slowdown

Another fall in concrete production indicates an eventual decline in building activity.