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Christchurch Hospital staff who have been left with life-long health effects after being exposed to toxic fumes at work have been let down by their employer, their union said.

The judge's decision found the arguments for stopping the sale "generally weak", and that claims of a local boat fleet being harmed were "overstated". Audio

The government has declared a war on road cones, but the traffic management industry thinks it's the wrong approach to an issue it's already working on.

Work has not begun on seismic repairs to the Nelson courthouse, more than six weeks after it closed.

The government says the move aims to provide opportunities for local wool producers.

Deborah and Basil Richards were stuck with a $130,000 contractors' bill, despite having already paid the builder in advance.

Latitude Homes says it has been able to negotiate lower prices despite rising supply costs.

Dunedin's mayor says he's frustrated the building of Dunedin's new hospital has progressed slowly despite figures showing almost a quarter of the budget has already been spent. Audio

History could be made at the National Excavator Operator Competition, where contests have had to dunk basketballs, pour tea, and scoop eggs in heavy machinery.

The cost of building a standard one-storey home in six major cities rose 0.4 percent in the three months ended February.

The owner of Auckland's St James hopes to have the historic theatre opened for its 100th birthday. Audio

The daughter of a woman injured by falling debris on Auckland's Queen Street says she's yet to get answers from the council.

New Zealand's largest building company's revenue for the six months ended December was down 7 percent with an underlying profit slightly ahead of market consensus.

Hundreds of engineers are losing their jobs and leaving our shores due to infrastructure project delays, creating "significant" risk to our nation's development, says the head of New Zealand's…