Infrastructure

Auckland Council is to report on advice to find solutions to storm-damaged council land affecting private properties.

A roading subcontractor convicted of submitting false invoices and corruptly giving gifts to an agent has lost name suppression.

New Zealand has some unique building challenges, experts say - but should a new hospital be one of them?

Lower Hutt locals are shutting themselves indoors to escape another wave of putrid odours from Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant. Audio

The Detail - Questions are being raised about healthcare infrastructure taking a back seat to roads after the Dunedin Hospital backtrack.

Waka Kotahi wants a business case for the road's upgrade - but it's already done two within the past seven years.

It comes after complaints of damage to properties and fences, trespassing, theft and burglary from residents adjacent.

Wellington Water's new chief executive says repeatedly patching leaks is not a good use of money.

'Substantial construction effort' is needed on the section of SH2 that links Wellington and Wairarapa.

Inspection of the Connemara ship continues after it lost power during a sailing last week.

The government's announcement amounts to "clinical cuts and a broken promise", mayor says. Audio

Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones said someone should be held accountable, but locals just want an apology and to be sure it won't happen again. Audio

Northlanders affected by the toppling of a power pylon that caused widespread power outage still question the issue of compensation.

Staff had raised concerns about training in 2021.