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Fletcher unveils $154m half year profit

Fletcher selling Pacific Steel assets

BlueScope Steel, Australia's largest steelmaker and owner of the New Zealand Steel mill, has agreed to buy assets of Fletcher

Beauty or a beast?

Some Aucklanders say a new skyscraper in downtown Auckland is a blot on the landscape. Others think it's a landmark building that will revitalise the area. Anne Gibson reports

Developer hits out over delays

A retirement village developer spending $500 million in Auckland says building in the city is hard because Auckland Council is extremely slow to process consent applications.

Skyscraper may rise in six years

Building consent for New Zealand's tallest new skyscraper could be granted next year if all goes to plan.

SkyCity bullish after slow first half

Plan for Auckland's tallest skyscraper

Plans for New Zealand's tallest skyscraper, to rise in the heart of Auckland, have been unveiled today.

Mainzeal subbies miss out

Money that Mainzeal Property & Construction owed to its staff, a trading bank and Inland Revenue has been largely repaid.

Fletcher to give results from Sydney

Change of venue for half-year figures reflects 'significant operations in Australia'.

Fletcher defends market dominance

The head of Fletcher Buildings' Winstone Wallboards is defending its dominant New Zealand plasterboard position, as the company awaits a Commerce Commission ruling.

From brewery to university

Construction workers are at Auckland University's Newmarket campus site, preparing former warehouses for the first students to move in from late July.

NZ shares mixed as Hallenstein recovers, Tower goes ex-div

Brian Gaynor: Fletcher result poor but boss wants more

This column is about two companies at opposite ends of the NZX. The first is Fletcher Building. The other is Renaissance Corporation.

NZ shares drop; Fletcher, Kathmandu fall

Shares push on to 2-month high

NZ shares rose to a two-month high, paced by Chorus, Kathmandu and Sky Network Television as the prospects of strong economic growth drew retail investors to the equity market.

Apartments boost building consents

A boost in new apartment consents led to an 11 per cent rise in the number of new dwellings consented in November 2013, according to Statistics NZ.

Price-fixing by major timber suppliers worries building industry

Legal action against Carter Holt Harvey for price fixing in the Auckland timber market is worrying industry heads, who believe revelations of the activity could tarnish the whole building trade.

Minister's at-risk building legal hurdle

Legal advice might be needed before the Building and Construction Minister can reveal a list of 14 potentially lethal buildings which owners are refusing to have assessed.