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 […]

The nation’s first rubber road has been laid in Selwyn. The installation on Glentunnel Domain Road uses recycled rubber crumb made locally by Treadlite NZ in partnership with HEB Construction. The local council is trialling three different rubber surfaces in this location. Options include a rubber surface laid over a conventional aggregate base, a rubber-modified […]

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 […]

Well over a decade on from the earthquakes, Canterbury’s infrastructure moves into an exciting future-focused chapter. Yet Canterbury’s infrastructure leaders warn that ageing bridges, fragile freight links and outdated funding models put the region’s future at risk. A new White Paper, Connecting Canterbury: Strengthening Infrastructure for Growth, prepared by Simpson Grierson and Infrastructure New Zealand with […]