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Almost all of the Waitangirua and Whareroa farms are to be purchased for $10.7m and permanently protected

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Ratepayers around the country will have access to new information about their local council through a new website

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Changes to the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (WHRS) and its legislation are likely

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

New Zealand's film industry and the Department of Conservation today launched a code of practice to promote environmentally friendly filming

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

A huge duneland containing moa bones on D'Urville Island in the Marlborough Sounds has been purchased for the public

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Construction sites are to be inspected to establish whether the timber product, TimberSaver boron, has been properly used by builders

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Advisories have been sent to about 2000 building industry participants following claims the treated timber product, TimberSaver Boron, is not being used properly

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

The Department of Building and Housing is investigating claims that a treated timber product, T1.2, is being misused

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

A proposal to create a marine reserve off Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf has been approved

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

New board to play a key role in the introduction of a system of licensing for building sector

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

A $22.6 million package of new funding will enhance the government's ability to monitor and solve problems in New Zealand's building sector

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

DIYers will still be able to carry out home building work under the Building Act 2004, Building Issues Minister Chris Carter said today.

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Parliament last night endorsed changes set out in the Registered Architects Bill, with the majority voting to pass the Bill into law.

Minister for Building Issues Chris Carter welcomed the legislation's passage.

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Parliament today passed amendments to the Building Act 2004 resolving a range of technical issues with it

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

New Building Act will not close Parliament as claimed by Nick Smith

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Enhancing Molesworth Station: a visitor destination and park for conservation and farming

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Claims by National MP Nick Smith that the government is being heartless in its handling of families caught up in the leaky buildings saga are ridiculous

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

New changes to the Building Levy ready for the implementation of the new Building Act on March 31

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Qualification for building inspectors established to ensure buildings are built right first time

  • Chris Carter
  • Building Issues

Margaret Wilson will today launch a website offering independent information and building advice to homeowners and do-it-yourself builders.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Building Issues

Applications and nominations are being sought for members of a new Building Practitioners Board.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Building Issues

Margaret Wilson today announced the first review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Building Issues