There were sighs of relief all round when it was confirmed this morning that the North Harbour Stadium was undamaged by yesterday’s violent tornado. The stadium, which is just metres from the Albany shopping mall “escaped unscathed” said the stadium’s chief exec. Craig Goodall. North Harbour is to host the France v. Japan, Australia v.…
At last, a Member of Parliament prepared to do something really worthwhile for the people he represents. Green MP, Gareth Hughes, wants to abolish damp, cold rental homes and ensure that all rental property meets minimum standards by 2018. We say good luck to him because he’s got his work cut out. “Wellington, July 23…
This news item may be of interest to people thinking of emigrating to New Zealand and working for the NZ defence force. Defence housing appears to have exactly the same problems with lack of insulation, damp and heating that other homes have in New Zealand. The women have gone public with their concerns because they’re…
More bad news for Kiwi and immigrant home owners alike today as one newspaper announced that the leaky homes crisis has caused plaster properties to be dumped by the market in Christchurch, driving down prices by as much as $150,000 per house. Millions have been wiped off property prices in the city in a trend…
Over a year ago we picked up on the story of Paul and Linda White, a British couple who’d lived in NZ for 8 years and bought a house in Whangaparaoa, Gulf Harbour (Read Leaky Homes Issues and Stitched-Up Migrants. The White’s had relocated from Barton-le-Clay outside Luton and worked in London, arriving in New…
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