Asbestos clarifications welcome relief for landlords

On 4 April this year new rules came into force under the Health and Safety at Work (asbestos) Regulations which means that if you own or occupy a building which contains asbestos you needed to have a management plan in place. Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at REINZ...

Housing New Zealand congratulates Urban Design Manager

Sue Evans outside the newly completed redevelopment of Waterbank Crescent in Auckland’s Waterview. The project was designed by Architectus. Housing New Zealand warmly congratulates its Urban Design Manager, Sue Evans, who on Friday night (9 November) at Te Papa won...

Smaller Christchurch building companies struggling

Keith Carney has been a builder in Christchurch for 12 years. He said a few years ago he was booked out up to about a year in advance with five or six jobs on the go but lately he was having to take whatever he could get – even taking jobs he knew he would not...

New shared housing facility opens in Christchurch

Rhodes Trust chairperson Glenyss Whitnall cuts the ribbon at the opening of the Rhodes Abbeyfield house. A new 14-studio Abbeyfield house providing affordable rental accommodation for older people was formally opened in Christchurch at the weekend. The Rhodes...