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Ruling looms for house plan above world-renowned Coromandel beach

Sites are planned so most places won’t be able to be seen from the beach below.

Watch: What's replacing Auckland's Downtown Carpark, apartments revealed

Enjoy the cheap $4.50/hour car parking rate while it lasts. It will go soon.

Workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens, study finds

58 per cent of workers in NZ are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work.

ERA rules in builder’s favour after he was sacked for yelling at his boss

His time with the construction firm only lasted one month.

Defective Victopia apartments: Repairs spiral 169 per cent to $62 million

Disappointment expressed that costs had escalated so much.

Creditors line up in liquidation of upmarket hair salon chain

More than $800,000 Covid cash was paid to keep it afloat - but it still sank.

$3.2b landlord hit by outlook revision

'Change is due to the temporary decrease in our funds from operation/debt ratio.'

Immigration, Ukraine war drives luxury real estate demand

New Zealand's political stability and lifestyle are big draws for international buyers.

What’s in store from Fletcher Building investor day?

Will it finally crack the tonne and build 1000 new homes annually here?

Developer loses $87m battle against Auckland Council, Auckland Transport

Defendants didn’t dispute the Westgate vision, nor that it had not yet been achieved.

Developers worry after 80.5ha Riverhead knockback

'The fear is that they’ll throw everything out.'

Winstone Aggregates expanding: buys local quarry business

Target business caters specifically for the needs of urban development.

NZ's biggest builders: The contenders with $100m-plus workloads

They're nipping at the heels of the biggest operators.

‘Horrified’: Second apartment development consented for Napier street

Wellesley Rd is getting 42 new apartments, but just five new car parks.

Retired house inspector faces $700k liability on decade-old report

A former house inspector could be liable for half of a $700,000 leaky home claim.

Business Hub: Changes at top of NZ's second-largest builder

Downer has around 25,000 employees in Australia and around 10,000 in New Zealand.