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The rising cost of building materials may leave home owners nationwide in the lurch as the risk of under-insurance grows.

The Dux de Lux pub in Christchurch could be set to open its doors again if enough money can be raised to restore it. Audio

The pandemic has impacted all businesses, but NZ's construction sector is reeling, and ongoing systemic problems are undermining it, four experts say.

On the 11th anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake, a lawyer dealing with outstanding insurance claims says the city still has a long way to go.

The Northland Pasifika community in New Zealand is planning on sending three shipping containers to Tonga packed full of essential supplies before Christmas.

There are now 65 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Tonga as the Kingdom starts looking at rebuilding.

The convention centre is already booked to host 150 events next year, but managers concede they are not expected to be money-makers.

Cantabrians are hoping the end is in sight for a major post quake build, as contractors work around Covid-19 construction delays.

A Christchurch-based company has become the fastest growing PDF software company in the world.

Caine Tauwhare along with students from his carving school Whakaraupō Carving Centre Trust, carved the pou and gifted it in 2012 to help grow the presence of tāonga across the Banks Peninsula region.

Covid-19 has locked down parts of Northland, but if the virus rips through how will Whangārei Hospital cope when the battered building can't even stand up to heavy rain?

Almost three months after floodwaters ravaged the coastal town of Westport, 140 people remain in temporary accommodation, living in cabins, motels or with friends and family.

Holiday home owner Dave Honeyfield lost four properties in the fire but still plans to rebuild and retire to Lake Ōhau.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will today spell out how some Auckland factories can restart under level 4 to help prevent a freeze on housing construction. Audio

Aucklanders have rallied in lockdown answering a social media call for clothes and shoes for Afghan refugees. Audio

New Zealand is to get a new, modern, and expensive development at Scott Base. Is it just for science - or are other factors at play here? 

New Zealanders can no longer rely on flood protection barriers in the face of heavier rains, an expert warns, as hundreds of Westport residents' homes have been deemed uninhabitable following… Audio

Lianne Dalziel will not seek re-election next year, saying the person she need by her side to do that, her husband Rob Davison who died last year, "has gone".

Academics and activists say construction of a new airport and rebuilding a city in concrete and steel simply don't square with ambitions to become carbon neutral.