Tauranga stories
The Tauranga home was left uninhabitable after an incorrectly fitted gas fireplace sparked a blaze, with the gasfitter ordered to pay $20,000.
Auckland households are now $96 a week worse off than a decade ago, as soaring housing and transport costs drag New Zealand's cities behind Australia’s.
Driver shortages may ease if more women are recruited, as new training courses attract female students and boost industry retention.
Private debt funding for roads and water in Milldale could ease New Zealand’s housing shortage, though buyers face annual charges.
A Tauranga mussel plant has been fined and ordered to pay reparation after a cleaner lost an eye in a corrosive product incident.
Higher truck operating costs, including fuel and road user charges, are set to feed through to shoppers as freight firms lift prices.
Female enrolments at Manukau Institute of Technology’s new transport course are helping tackle a driver shortage that has hit freight operators hard.
A Tauranga court has fined Oceana Gold NZD $378,000 and ordered reparations after a 2016 underground mine fall killed a worker.
Over 30 leaders from technology, scientific, agritech and social enterprise sectors will be speaking in a curated programme of 15 events.
Savings are already mounting for Matamata contractor Stephen McPherson, whose new Komatsu iMC machines let his crew trim sites faster and more accurately.
The first digital district plan in New Zealand has won the NZPI's top honour for improving access for planners and the public.
Rising costs and a thin project pipeline are forcing contractors to shed skilled workers, threatening housing and infrastructure delivery.
The deal will expand local transport engineering capacity across New Zealand and Australia, adding more than 80 TDG staff to Stantec’s regional practice.
Water shortages, climate pressure and rapid urban growth are forcing planners to rethink housing, infrastructure and environmental protection across New Zealand.
Rising log volumes are pushing the port towards a £70 million overhaul to avoid bottlenecks and support future coastal shipping.
Faster infrastructure spending could bring 60,000 homes forward by up to eight years in New Zealand’s fastest-growing cities.
Up to 60,000 new homes could be built years earlier after the government backed roads and waterworks in five fast-growing councils.
Safety and environmental concerns will see methyl bromide captured at Ports of Auckland by year-end, after Green Party pressure.
A looming shortage of 25,000 workers has prompted calls to widen recruitment, as women still make up less than 4 per cent of trainees.
Industry leaders say the extra NZD $11 billion in capital spending could unlock private funding for roads, hospitals and housing.
