Construction

Almost half of warehouses investigated are designed poorly and there is a threat to people from their heavy concrete walls falling over, engineers say.

The strong construction sector is showing signs of cooling as house building falls away, with the first drop in the amount of work done in more than a year.

Vanessa Parkinson first approached Ready Homes in October of 2021 to have a container home built on her property.

A company that owns a defective building in central Christchurch is continuing legal action against the city council and engineers.

National Party transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says Waka Kotahi money allocated to a Gloucester Street overhaul would be better used filling in potholes.

Dunedin City Council is confident it will have more than enough housing capacity into the future after greenlighting new residential zones across the city.

Dunedin City Council has voted unanimously to fight changes to the city's new hospital, agreeing to fund up to $130,400 dollars for a public campaign.

Expensive and intrusive earthquake strengthening work on the landmark Carillon bell tower is being weighed against cheap and easy, but less durable, options.

Business confidence is on the rise despite ongoing concern over inflation pressures.

Part of Nelson's main library has reopened today, after urgent work was done to secure heavy ceiling tiles that posed an earthquake risk.

Feature - Olivia Thomsom from Wānaka went to university to study law and commerce - but found her calling somewhere else entirely.

A new survey shows business sentiment has continued to deteriorate to the weakest level in the Institute of Economic Research's history.

Demand appears to be easing back to pre-Covid-19 levels but one industry leader says the sector's historical 'boom or bust' model is a sign reforms are needed. Audio

The average cost of building a home in a main centre rose more than 11 percent last year.