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Fletcher announces leadership changes after first-half loss

Fletcher Building has appointed Nick Traber to take over from Ross Taylor as interim chief executive from the end of the week.

Fletchers sets aside $165m for possible Convention Centre losses

Auckland's long-awaited International Convention Centre is causing more pain for contractor Fletcher Building.

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Fletcher Building full year net profit down 46%

The bottom line was hit by significant costs, mostly relating to the convention centre project in Auckland, chief executive Ross Taylor says.

NZ's statistics on deaths and illness at work are sobering – yet, health and safety training courses are under threat

Opinion - New Zealand has an abysmal record of work-related deaths. Yet the country's only postgraduate course in work health and safety is under review as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise at universities, Joanne Crawford writes.

SkyCity International Convention Centre fire: Sara Hughes' forest panel artwork remade

'Hopefully, something can be done with the old ones. Maybe they can be ground up...'

Fletcher Building expects $150m hit to earnings after SkyCity centre rebuild costs more

Fletcher Building says higher labour and material prices, and more difficult building conditions had increased the rebuild costs of the SkyCity International Convention Centre.

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'This is a privilege': How a female career firefighter is blazing her way up the ranks

LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Katie Pocock has loved every minute of being a firefighter and cherished the opportunity to be able to help people in their time of need. It is more common than ever to see a woman picking up a belt sander, a fire hose or handpiece. Stuff reporter Georgia Forrester chats to wāhine who are smashing stereotypes in traditionally male-dominated industries. Katie Pocock​ is used to being a trailblazer. Because throughout her almost two-decade-long career as a firefighter, she has had to be. When Pocock first finished high school, she studied communications at AUT (Auckland University of Technology) with the aim of heading into the media industry. At the time she was a surf lifesaver and kayaker, and had been racing for New Zealand. Her sport meant she was away a lot. Her last year of university ended up stretching over two years and she started to lose interest in the degree.