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'Sorting out our planning rules is critical to boosting economic growth.'

The new rules aim to protect against floods while boosting housing near transport.

Once, wine was made in the buildings. Now it's Tourism Holdings' HQ – campervan heaven.

Sound's a known behaviour of the product and not a sign of a defect, says Fletcher Living.

Day of reckoning for doggy daycare owner Angela Beer.

OPINION: Regulatory barriers to entry should be considered as an alternative.

Owner says hedge was pride of her backyard. Developer says it had to come down for safety.

What would planned K Rd building do to the area? Give it a $135m boost, a new study shows.

Owners installed double-glazed windows without council consent. Now they have to go.

Fast-tracking sought by companies owned by multimillionaires Craig Heatley, Leigh Hopper.

Global instability's opened a window for NZ to pitch itself as a safe haven for investors.

OPINION: Something fundamental is still holding New Zealand back.

Gold prices have reached record levels, touching US$3500 an ounce.

Fletcher bought site in 2021, earthworks now advanced, first four homes nearly finished.

A company ignored requests to remove a pontoon and rubber fenders.

A forecast 140 jobs are to be created over 30 years if plans are allowed to proceed.

'Somebody, please build something here – anything' debate on a site empty for 36 years.

The hapū want the project to go through the RMA for community input.

Prosecutors claim the firm earned $180k in extra profits by ignoring resource consents.

Houses cut from a Hikurangi subdivision plan in a settlement with a concrete company.

OPINION: Auckland's villas are seen as iconic, akin to Melbourne's terraced houses.

RMA reforms are another step toward the death knell of heritage, says Allan Matson.

A Whakatāne dairy farm owner has been fined $48, 750 for effluent discharge.

All 1397 public submissions are out: 91% or 1277 opposed, 108 supporting, 12 are neutral.

Hamish Edwards can finally build his dream golf course in Ōhau after a four-year delay.

Minister Nicola Grigg acknowledged that farmers were 'burdened' by paperwork.

Hapū worry about greywater impacting the environment and local water supply.

The decision comes less than two weeks since an urgent hearing.

Judge Tepania noted both defendants were careless for different reasons.