Auckland stories
Covering 35,000sqm, the wetland is meant to cut pollution, store floodwater and create habitat for endangered native wildlife in South Auckland.
Early clarity on route, funding and delivery could determine whether Auckland’s light rail eases congestion and unlocks more affordable homes.
Vacancy has risen across Auckland and Wellington, while retailers and landlords wait to see whether city centres can recover from lockdown losses.
Vacancy rose across Auckland and Wellington offices, shops and warehouses in 2020, but low rates and investor demand kept yields firm.
Precision hoses and fittings helped keep the 6-7 tonne AC75 foiling boats upright as the contest was decided by engineering as much as sailing.
Wellington has cut net emissions by 7% in 20 years despite 26% growth, as EV chargers and car share schemes reshape transport.
Sales surged 14.6% year on year in February as buyers rushed to secure homes before loan-to-value restrictions returned in March.
Despite a $31 billion investment, Aucklanders are being warned motorway queues and emissions will still rise under the transport plan.
Homeowners could void insurance and face unsafe repairs if they hire unlicensed plumbers, after a tradesman was fined NZD $6,000 in Auckland.
Men own 31,000 more homes than women in New Zealand, underscoring how the gender pay gap is limiting access to property.
Revenue losses from alert-level changes could unlock wage subsidies, cashflow grants and loans for firms and sole traders across New Zealand.
Average household incomes rose just 1.3% last quarter, leaving New Zealand house prices at their least affordable level since records began in 2004.
Resource consent has been granted for a planned Auckland office development that could retain 1.8 million kg of concrete and preserve heritage features.
New Zealand’s housing market remained brisk in January despite a modest month-on-month price fall, with sales and auctions both at multi-year highs.
Mary Alice Simon's appointment is intended to boost production, quality systems and New Zealand's first medicinal cannabis trials.
WorkSafe said repeated tip alarm warnings went unheeded before a straddle carrier overturned, killing a stevedore in 2018.
Possible tighter rules could curb investor demand as mortgaged buyers regain a 27% share of the housing market, CoreLogic says.
A shortage of homes for sale is fuelling record house prices and leaving buyers with fewer options, despite the busiest November in 13 years.
House prices could be kept artificially high, worsening inequality and locking buyers into the cost of poor policy, Infrastructure New Zealand says.
The Auckland firm was fined USD $220,000 after a worker’s leg was amputated when unguarded machinery trapped him in a steel beam drill.
