Building costs 'skyrocketed' an eye-watering 20 per cent at the now-axed Avondale apartment project.

WATCH: Here's how an ugly duckling carpark transformed into a luxury hotel.

Businesses were more optimistic about the state of the economy and their own activity in September.

Residential building consents fell for a second month, according to new figures from Statistics New Zealand.

Auckland land earmarked for a school will be turned into a 51-home development by February - with the homes built so they can be carted off when a school is needed.

Parties at loggerheads over plans for Three Kings quarry must now meet and attempt a resolution.

Auckland's new $36 million ASB Waterfront Theatre was declared open this morning.

After more than a decade of planning, the new $36 million ASB Waterfront Theatre is officially opened on Thursday.

Big building companies are tapping into social media to try to tempt young unemployed Aucklanders into construction trades. Fletcher

Deposit-payers might be asked for 15 per cent more.

Has Fletcher Building boss Mark Adamson succeeded in turning around the sharemarket giant?

New Zealand's largest listed retirement village operator has had its application to build a huge new village in the Auckland suburb

Auckland's economic growth is far outstripping the rest of New Zealand's. Here's why.

COMMENT: John Key and Nick Smith have in recent weeks taken to trumpeting Auckland's current building boom as the biggest in New Zealand history.

Auckland Council is in urgent need of dozens of qualified building inspectors.

Plans for $1.2 billion of new homes in the Three Kings Quarry in Auckland are up in the air.

A Christchurch-based property chief expressed shock at the scale of Canterbury building company liquidations.

Fletcher Residential is well advanced with 99 new apartments and terraced residences beside its Three Kings Quarry in Mt Eden. Tatua

Queenstown mayoral candidate Jim Boult is to be investigated in relation to the collapse of Stonewood Homes New Zealand Ltd, something

The annual report shows Adamson's base remuneration lifted to $1,956,250 from $1,875,000.

COMMENT: Fletcher Building boss Mark Adamson is seriously in danger of morphing into a long-term CEO.

NZX fell after posting first-half results that included costs of its legal battle with Ralec.

Fletcher meets guidance as full-year profit climbs 71% on sales growth, one-time gains Fletcher Building posted a 71 percent gain

Harry Doig, Puketapapa Local Board deputy chair, said the community was delighted with the decision.

Construction of a new $1.2 million driving attraction at Rainbow's End Theme Park is well advanced.

Fletcher Residential is pondering a damning Environment Court ruling over its plans for a $1.2b housing estate in Auckland's Three Kings quarry pit.

The Environment Court has ruled that a string of issues must be addressed before Fletcher Residential can develop a new $1.2b housing estate.

Cecil Sinclair has lost his building licence and copped a record three-year ban.

Auckland's new $1.4 billion twin-tunnel Waterview Connection will open early next year.

COMMENT: There's a cargo cult hysteria erupting over the magical cure-all abilities of Auckland Council's proposed unitary plan.