Housing and Infrastructure

Auckland's largest ever wastewater infrastructure project, the Central Interceptor, is now fully operational.

Auckland's $1.66b Central Interceptor tunnel now fully operational

The $1.66 billion tunnel runs 16.2km from Herne Bay to Māngere and is expected dramatically cut overflows into the city's waterways for decades.

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Chris Bishop speaks to media (file image).

Iwi-council agreements 'narrowly scoped' in late change to new RMA system

The bills as originally introduced would have preserved existing Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements while not allowing new ones under the old framework.

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The party launched the plan at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum, where Swarbrick said gas "belongs in a museum".

Greens pledge 'Kiwipower' to boost renewables and cut power bills

The election-year policy from the party would create a new Crown entity to invest in renewable power generation.

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The Rodney Local Board at a meet on Wednesday.

Auckland homeowners who built illegal seawalls granted approval

The Rodney Local Board voted to give landowner approval for the structures at Pt Wells, near Matakana, despite board members criticising the owners for building first and seeking consent later.

Fri, Jul 17

A one-kilometre stretch of State Highway 1 near Longbeach Rd south of Ashburton was riddled with more than 100 potholes.

Business booms for Ashburton mechanic as SH1 potholes frustrate motorists

Matt from Collision Plus told Breakfast he had more vehicles coming through his workshop after hitting potholes on State Highway 1 south of Ashburton.

Fri, Jul 17

Auckland's $1.66b Central Interceptor tunnel now fully operational

The $1.66 billion tunnel runs 16.2km from Herne Bay to Māngere and is expected dramatically cut overflows into the city's waterways for decades.

6:41pm

2:15

Iwi-council agreements 'narrowly scoped' in late change to new RMA system

The bills as originally introduced would have preserved existing Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements while not allowing new ones under the old framework.

4:56pm

Greens pledge 'Kiwipower' to boost renewables and cut power bills

The election-year policy from the party would create a new Crown entity to invest in renewable power generation.

1:52pm

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Auckland homeowners who built illegal seawalls granted approval

The Rodney Local Board voted to give landowner approval for the structures at Pt Wells, near Matakana, despite board members criticising the owners for building first and seeking consent later.

Fri, Jul 17

Business booms for Ashburton mechanic as SH1 potholes frustrate motorists

Matt from Collision Plus told Breakfast he had more vehicles coming through his workshop after hitting potholes on State Highway 1 south of Ashburton.

Fri, Jul 17

Blocks of state houses in Strathmore have been vacant for years.

'Post-apocalypse': Residents want answers over Wellington ghost houses

According to an Official Information Act response from Kāinga Ora, some units on Nuku Street and Ngatiapa Street had been empty for six years now.

Thu, Jul 16

Two biggest cities buck 'settled' housing market trend

The national median sale price for houses in June was $770,000, up 0.7% compared to last year but down 1.3% from the month before.

Wed, Jul 15

National's spokesperson for building and construction, Chris Penk.

National pledges to take some building consents off councils

The policy would only take effect if National forms the next government.

Wed, Jul 15

The heritage-listed building — home to Auckland's first McDonald's and, before that, one of the city's grandest 19th-century banks — is being redeveloped into a 32-level student accommodation tower.

Auckland's original McDonald's site to become 680-bed student tower

The building on Queen St will have its historic facade retained as part of the new development.

Tue, Jul 14

Total construction activity was $55.7b in 2025 - down from $58.1b in 2024 and $63b in 2023.

Inside New Zealand's shrinking building and construction industry

The industry's boom-bust-boom pattern may have run its course - here's what the data shows.

Sun, Jul 12

Wellington Council has voted to double the rates of short-term rental accommodation providers, leading to a spike in costs for hosts and travellers.

Short term accommodation rate hike pressures Airbnb owners in Wellington

The Wellington council has voted to more than double rates for short-term rental accommodation providers – saying it will make the system fairer.

Sun, Jul 12

Potential plans to redevelop Lucas Place have drawn ire from residents.

Rotorua pensioners face uncertainty as council eyes redevelopment

A resident of the Lucas Pl site in Fenton Park said some tenants do not want to move, and feared they could be "homeless by Christmas".

Sat, Jul 11

More apartments and townhouses are cropping up along the Christchurch skyline.

Christchurch CBD blooming with newbuilds: 'The pace is picking up'

More than a decade after the earthquakes flattened much of Christchurch's central city, the CBD skyline is filling with new apartments and townhouses.

Fri, Jul 10

Thousands of Kainga Ora tenants appear before Tenancy Tribunal

In one case, a man had tried to start a physical fight with a neighbour in front of the man's grandchildren and told him to "sleep with one eye open".

Thu, Jul 9

Row of designed and furnished townhouses next to a road in Auckland.

'Good news for tenants': Average rents hold – housing supply increases

Extra stock was anecdotally being driven in part by owners relocating abroad who wanted to keep a foothold in the local market, a housing expert says.

Tue, Jul 7

An aerial photo from Bayleys Realty shows the property is now mostly bare land.Photo credit:

Developer felled trees, didn't build houses, now property is for sale

The property was touted as the last, large undeveloped parcel of residential-zoned land in central Kerikeri when it was first put on the market in 2021.

Mon, Jul 6