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The general manager of Stadium Southland has confirmed the engineer designing the new facility is Alan Reay, whose firm designed the CTV building in Christchurch.

Christchurch City Council is sending plans for an international cricket venue to be developed in Hagley Oval to the Environment Court.

A tax consultant is crying unfair over Inland Revenue's plans to change the way accommodation for workers away from home is taxed.

An economist says the sharp increase in building activity for the September quarter will continue into next year as the construction industry picks up steam.

A new blood donor and laboratory centre is to be built in Christchurch in conjunction with the property arm of Ngai Tahu, a move the tribe says is its latest effort to help rebuild the city.

The government agency in charge of developing central Christchurch is defending the slow progress of land purchases to rebuild the main business district.

Red zone workers in Christchurch may soon have to leave their t-shirts and shorts at home under a new health and safety policy and wear long-sleeved tops and trousers instead.

The Serious Fraud Office says the Christchurch rebuild has the potential to generate $1 billion of fraudulent activity.

The outgoing chief executive of the Ministry of Maori Development has delivered his final report to politicians.

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler says a lower dollar is not necessarily a panacea for a revival in manufacturing jobs judging by the experience of other countries.

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says Carter Holt Harvey has told its staff it plans to cut about 70 jobs in Rotorua and Tokoroa before Christmas.

Productivity improvements in the manufacturing sector have outpaced those in the rest of the New Zealand economy since the global financial crisis.

An IT business centre has opened in Christchurch's central city on Thursday giving technology companies a home on the edge of the city's quake-devastated red zone.

A former rugby league star says incorporating Maoritanga into learning is the key to bring down the burgeoning Maori unemployment rate.

Mount Tongariro's eruption dominates the morning newspapers. Scientists predict more eruptions - not just at Tongariro, but at Mt Ruapehu as well.

Federated Farmers has been told that the Christchurch rebuild is likely to bring fresh challenges for the export sector, including agriculture.

The Government team tasked with creating Christchurch's new central business district says it is not prepared to let lengthy negotiations with property owners slow down the rebuild.

Prime Minister John Key has dismissed a Reserve Bank forecast that economic growth rates will begin to decline in 2013 as the rebuild peaks in earthquake-hit Christchurch.