New Zealand (NZ) stories
Auckland ratepayers could avoid the bill for a 50,000-seat roofed stadium, as a business-backed plan links it to waterfront redevelopment.
Architects and builders in five New Zealand centres can attend free talks on housing and construction challenges, with CPD points available.
A forestry worker was hospitalised after a tumbling log struck him on his first day, prompting a $100,000 fine for Cropp Logging.
Offshore investors have snapped up Auckland’s Waldorf Stadium Apartment Hotel in the city’s biggest hotel deal for 12 years.
Businesses moving premises are being urged to keep worker safety controls in place after a forklift crush left one man with life-changing injuries.
Regional hotel buyers are chasing stronger returns as domestic and international visitors push tourism demand beyond New Zealand’s big cities.
The Victorian government could speed up delivery by copying policies from Vancouver and Portland, a new report says.
Tight space in Auckland’s CBD is expected to lift prime office rents by up to 5% a year until new supply arrives in 2020.
One in three workers may face bullying or harassment each year, prompting WorkSafe to warn firms that the risk can escalate if ignored.
Auckland travellers may face years of uncertainty as officials weigh whether light rail or heavy rail best serves the airport link.
New Zealand house sales fell 3.0% in September as July’s low listings fed through, leaving volumes at their weakest since January.
The 48-level tower will add 226 apartments and a 233-room hotel, with a public market at street level and a roof garden above.
The upgrade gives airport staff faster, more reliable links to co-ordinate passengers safely as annual throughput heads towards 8.5 million by 2025.
A Tauranga mussel plant has been fined and ordered to pay reparation after a cleaner lost an eye in a corrosive product incident.
Drivers will be logged out after 13 hours on the app, a move aimed at reducing fatigue risk and reinforcing legal limits.
An ageing state-housing portfolio is driving poorer social outcomes as demand in New Zealand’s cities outstrips supply, Housing New Zealand says.
Scientists warn the world could breach 1.5C as soon as 2030, raising flood, drought and sea level risks unless emissions fall sharply.
Small firms can now benchmark health and safety performance anonymously with a free mobile-friendly tool that flags priorities and gaps.
Delays to Penlink are prompting calls for clearer rules to speed up unsolicited infrastructure bids and attract more private investment.
Deaths linked to synthetic cannabis have surged to as many as 45 in a year, prompting calls for faster warnings and tougher supply action.
