The Government is announcing the biggest change to the building consent system since the Building Act came into force in 2004, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says.

Chief Executive Leonie Freeman said the move to replace joint and several liability with a proportionate liability model, alongside enabling voluntary consolidation of Building Consent Authorities ...

There is some risk remaining, however, and in the event of any large rockfalls or heavy rain, this additional access will need to be reassessed. If the road is deemed unsafe at any time, the road will ...

“ACT also welcomes moves to allow mergers of Building Consent Authorities. We’ve repeatedly highlighted the madness of having 66 different BCAs, each with their own interpretation of the Building Code ...

From regional roads to national recognition: Tauranga bus driver, Preston Chen, has received the Urban Driver of the Quarter ...

A new study published in Health Promotion International has found Vuse, the world’s leading e-cigarette brand, is using a ...

Massive Scale and Reach: In 2024, VexTrio’s affiliate network Los Pollos claimed over 2 billion unique monthly users, and ...

The Wairarapa Line has been plagued with reliability and punctuality issues due to insufficient staffing and maintenance work, but commuters have been told there is hope on the horizon. It comes as a ...

New Zealand is down a ferry today with the Aratere’s final sailing, and there’s still no replacement in sight. “Christopher Luxon has wasted more than half a billion dollars to replace the Cook Strait ...

Tax settings will be a crucial lever. Get them right, and you’ll attract global tokenisation projects; but get them wrong, ...

This year’s result showed a slight increase from 2024 (71%). Like last year, financial services providers performed the best, ...

The global momentum behind passkeys represents one of the most exciting shifts in authentication history. The technical ...