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Victopia high-rise apartment block repairs balloon to $54.9m
The committee says the cost increase can't be avoided and all owners must pay.
Cats banned at 150-lot gated beachfront North Shore enclave
Rules include a ban on cat ownership and tight dog controls.
Car collector at wheel for Summerset
"If I'm not here at Summerset, I'll be at a race track somewhere in New Zealand."
Global building material importer quits NZ, 45 jobs to go
USG Boral said it can't succeed here.
What future for Gulf Harbour Country Club golf course land?
Retirement village plans are described as being on the 2nd, 7th and 9th holes.
Rod Drury plans bunker-style partly-sunken southern home
'Shelter, privacy and visual screening' are aspects cited in the application.
David Schnauer: Has the NZ economy really done well?
Opinion: Things look good in the short term but what about the longer view?
Cavalier goes back to its roots in war against synthetics
NZX-listed Cavalier has gone back to making wholly woollen carpets.
Waiheke marina battle: Developer reveals lessons learned as work resumes
'We're very happy to have the protests which is the right of every Kiwi.'
Police arrest 14 at Pūtiki Bay; marina protesters call for reinforcements
'We are low in numbers so please come out to support!' - Protect Pūtiki
What it's like inside Auckland's newest train station
'Step this way for airport bus link' - stairs marked at expanded bus/train station
18 months on from fire: Still a long way to go for convention centre repairs
Around 80 per cent or work on glass components now complete
Steven Joyce: RMA reform will have you nostalgic for the old one
Just when you thought you were safe from the RMA, here comes RMA2.
Owner of NZ's most expensive hotel in payment 'disputes'
"We're working our way through it" - Richard Aitken, Fu Wah NZ.
Business Hub: Fletcher Building CEO Ross Taylor on a milestone birthday and Auckland v Sydney
"You're a long time dead ... whatever you are doing, make sure it's enjoyable."
Are tiny homes the answer to our housing crisis?
"People say 'we just can't afford a normal house'," says HouseMe's Bryce Glover
Inland Revenue closes office due to seismic risk, 1000 staff sent home
New assessment finds Wellington office has lower earthquake rating than first thought.
Brokers' Picks: The best and worst performing shares at mid-year point
Mid-year results in the Herald Brokers Picks game don't all reflect the NZX-50 returns.
It's a wrap: Waterfront building wrapped in look-a-like mesh
Onehunga's Ultimate Solutions made and printed the giant new hoarding.
Construction starts on $250m 41-level Auckland hotel/residential tower
Tower to have a 225-room hotel on 30 levels, 30 apartments above that.
The 'defiant' new boss of retirement giant Oceania Healthcare
"I've been in and around the sector for over 10 years," says Oceania Healthcare boss.
Chatham Islands set for the jet age as runway project gets green light
Longer landing strip key to opening up island to more tourists, seafood exports.
Ryman's $200m Mount Eliza plans labelled 'inappropriate'
Critics have cited koalas in the area as one reason to oppose development.
Appeals send $1b Sleepyhead plan to Environment Court
Four years in planning - and counting.
Princely or wince-ly? Architect defends $120m plan for Ponsonby site
Ground-floor shops, level-one offices and 14 apartments rising up to five levels.
'Kōkihi - 95 apartments where once 7 houses stood': Woods
Paul Majurey: "Emphasis on whanaungatanga - relationship, not profit."
Developers warn septic tank overflow now classed as wetland, hurting housing supply
New rules capture farm tracks as wetlands.
Company fined $361k for misleading representations about steel mesh
Euro Corporation was the final company to be sentenced after a series of investigations.
Auckland tiny house companies sink into insolvency
"Poor trading conditions caused by Covid-19 precipitated the liquidation."
Aurecon leases part of $250m Mansons TCLM block
From Newmarket to Air NZ at 185 Fanshawe St then back to Newmarket next November.
Developer responds to release of $1b+ infrastructure fund
"You have to say it's going to get things moving." - Shane Brealey welcoming new fund
Mission almost accomplished: New HQ country's tallest wooden building
Eighty new apartments, medical and detox facilities, dentists - radical mission change.
'Ridiculous' shortage of MIQ spaces for construction workers
"With Covid and shut borders, it's become much worse" - Andrew Moore, CMP