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Construction was the sector with the highest number of insolvencies in 2025. Still, new data shows the rate of new insolvencies is slowing, suggesting the worst pressures may be easing for the industry. BWA Insolvency’s Quarterly Market Report recorded 3,132 liquidations, receiverships, and voluntary administrations across the country in 2025; the highest since the Global […]

As fuel prices continue to hit record highs, Transporting NZ is calling for urgent changes to heavy vehicle regulations to allow certain trucks to carry higher payloads. The move aims to improve efficiency across the freight sector and ease the growing financial pressures on businesses and consumers. Transporting New Zealand chief executive Dom Kalasih says […]

A man has died in Christchurch after being fatally electrocuted while apparently trying to retrieve copper from a live power transformer. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Brooker Avenue in Burwood’s Red Zone, where emergency services were called to reports of a fire at a power box. Upon arrival, police and fire crews found […]

There’s been a rise in copper thefts nationwide, with thieves risking electrocution for a handful of dollars of the precious metal. More than 200 copper earthing wire thefts have occurred from power poles across North Canterbury in the first nine weeks of 2026. Orion documenting 173 thefts across its network in six months—including 60+ in […]

The industry has welcomed the Government’s 30-year infrastructure plan. The long-term strategy emphasises maintenance and nonpartisan thinking as it anticipates the real challenges ahead. The report focuses on the key challenges for the nation’s roads and transport, hospitals, schools, water and power systems.  Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop says New Zealand’s infrastructure spending isn’t reflected in […]

More homes are being consented to, and more concrete is being poured nationwide, yet non-residential activity continues to decline. Against the backdrop of high inflation and unemployment, the industry has an uncertain future.  36,944 new homes were consented to in New Zealand in the year ended January 2026, says Stats NZ. That’s a 9.3% increase […]