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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Balmoral residents and their local MP Phil Goff are angry about plans for a large expansion of The Warehouse.

Tower cranes have once again begun to bristle on Auckland's skyline as the construction sector hits better times.

The house-building sector's rising fortunes have taken a tumble, with the latest Statistics New Zealand data showing the rate of increase slipping.

Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.

The building industry has stepped up pressure on the Reserve Bank over its loan to value ratio (LVR) loan restrictions.

Anti-development protectionists lost fights at a beach north of Auckland and in Arch Hill this month.

The decade-long surge in big wind farm building in New Zealand is nearing an end with no new projects in the pipeline as the sector booms around the world.

Making houses more affordable in Auckland will require far more land to be freed up .

The construction industry has grown by 10,000 firms since 2002, a new Government report shows, but still lacks capacity to deal with current massive demand.

A controversial new Bunnings store on Great North Rd in Grey Lynn, Auckland, has been approved.

Former minister of building and housing Shane Jones wants to simplify renovation compliance measures and cut costs.

Councils are being blamed for the high cost of building New Zealand houses, ahead of the role played by manufacturers.

Coping with monsoons, 40°C-plus heat and waiting weeks for internet or telephone connections are challenges of manufacturing in India described by a Fletcher Building boss.

One of NZ's largest home builders says new loan restrictions have cost it 24 new-home builds in the first month alone - and it expects more as the policy bites.

Construction on the Transmission Gully alternative route to Wellington will begin in the second half of next year, Prime Minister John Key announced today

Inmates moving through the country's new $300 million prison will be able to track their path to freedom.