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The Hurunui District Council has been identifying its earthquake-prone buildings and deciding how each building's vulnerability will be managed.

The country's $50 billion property owners want more councils to be directed by Government under new planning rules.

Dozens of Palmerston North buildings could have structural weaknesses, as checks of some buildings designed by an architecture firm found they likely had problems.

The mass defective design of buildings to withstand earthquakes in Palmerston North has been revealed in the face of official resistance.

Concrete investigators are calling for mandatory independent quality assurance and pricing controls in an industry increasingly under pressure.

A Christchurch family who spent over $80,000 planning a dream home are gutted at being refused permission to build it, leaving little room to appeal.

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has passed a review of its accreditation as a Building Consent Authority with flying colours.

New imaging technology has revealed hundreds of major buildings nationwide have defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel.

A housing development in Raglan is encouraging purchasers to design energy efficient homes by using guidelines from the New Zealand Green Building Council.