Activity in Auckland and surrounding regions has pushed residential building consents to their highest annual total in more than a decade.

The pipeline of new Auckland housing will underpin a longer construction boom for the country.

China Construction Bank New Zealand has received a $140 million capital injection from its Beijing-based parent.

COMMENT: Investing in instalments can have advantages over making a one-off deposit.

Two publicly-owned companies spearheading the city's rebuild have average salary rates in excess of $120,000.

COMMENT: The practical impacts of this new legislation will be significant and will ripple across the entire supply chain.

The prefabrication construction sector can handle Government demands for modular Auckland residences, says its boss.

Fletcher Building has gained Commerce Commission clearance to acquire rival construction company Higgins Group.

An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.

China Construction is massive and now it's here - having just won the contract to build a huge new hotel on Auckland's waterfront.

Business optimism jumps on the back of construction and tourism industries.

The value of all residential buildings based on those consents is $11.4 billion.

The half-hectare $60 million Red Stag Timber "mega-mill" is almost as big as a rugby field and the materials and construction techniques used were unusual.

Half the floor of one of New Zealand's biggest new supermarkets at a $40 million Tauranga scheme has been torn up and re-laid, the store's owner says.

Some of the planned projects were badly located, too expensive or not what the market wanted.

Compact, liveable cities can be the most efficient places for people to live, writes Helen Twose.

COMMENT: The Government's actions have been begrudging, delayed and lacking conviction.

Local government's infrastructure-building monopoly could be removed and Chinese contractors could take the lead.

The prospect of a powerful new Auckland urban development authority has been welcomed by a real estate industry leader.

John Key is allowing companies - including from China - to fund and build some of Auckland's infrastructure.

Prime Minister John Key has floated the idea of a powerful new agency to oversee major building projects.

Fletcher Building's residential division has signed a deal with the government to build 196 homes on Crown land.

New Zealand's economy has grown at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter of 2016.

A builder who wrote a funny and directly worded job advertisement seeking a reliable employee has found his man.

Deficiencies have been discovered in some Chinese steel imported for the new $458 million Huntly bypass, says a contracting chief.

Kiwirail is accused of breaching a collective agreement with the Rail and Maritime Union.

The owners of apartments in a multi-storey leaky block have launched a $60 million claim against the council and other bodies.

A dispute between a Tauranga builder and the Ministry of Education over school weathertightness issues tipped the builder into liquidation, an official report says.