Auckland Council stories
Rising land and building costs are threatening to curb Auckland’s future housing pipeline, with developers struggling to make projects stack up.
Auckland City Council and Datacom have three projects between them that have been shortlisted as finalists in three of the 12 award categories.
Auckland commuters and freight operators are set to gain from a NZD $30 billion transport spend, though congestion relief is still in doubt.
Auckland occupiers and investors face fresh disruption as the government revives the East West Link in a scaled-back $800 million form.
Investors are being offered a 178-unit Auckland CBD hotel with an 11-year lease, in a sale billed as the city's first major since 2012.
Auckland’s transport funding gap is so large that a fuel tax would cover only a fraction of the needed NZD $10 billion, carriers say.
Nearly 40 organisations have backed a push to lift women’s representation in New Zealand engineering and architecture by 20 percent by 2021.
The first digital district plan in New Zealand has won the NZPI's top honour for improving access for planners and the public.
Investors could help fund Auckland’s water and transport upgrades as the council weighs a first-of-its-kind Green Bond framework.
Auckland households can now check whether rooftop solar will pay off, using a free calculator that maps shading and roof angles.
We wanted to offer an educational tool that's impartial and realistic to help people work out if solar is economic for their workplaces.
A cloud-based compliance platform is giving the NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Council and contractor a single live view of consents on the $709.5m motorway.
The faster method could help ease Auckland’s housing shortage, though Fletcher says the first panelised homes will not yet cost less.
Unfunded transport and water projects threaten Auckland’s quality of life as the city faces 45,000 extra residents a year.
Auckland faces a USD $5.9 billion transport funding gap over the next decade as revised population forecasts point to faster growth.
Auckland's transport pipeline could gain certainty as Labour's proposed fuel levy and targeted rates aim to cover a near NZD $500 million annual gap.
The revised standard aims to speed approvals for volume builders while reducing compliance costs and lifting the quality of new homes.
Councils in fast-growing areas could unlock thousands of new homes as the government puts up to $600 million into roads and water works.
Residents and businesses face uncertainty as new research finds Auckland's volcanic field can erupt in bursts or stay quiet for millennia.
Bulk excavation on Albert Street has begun, bringing about 50 jobs and marking progress on New Zealand’s biggest infrastructure project.
