The long-term social costs of leaky buildings constructed following deregulation of the building industry by the National Government in the early 1990s are not just the result of failures in construction, according to a book published on Tuesday December 8 (details below).

27 August 2008 - The Director of the University of Otago Wellington's He KaingaOranga/Housing and Health Research Programme and Centre for Sustainable Cities has welcomed the Emissions Trading Agreement between the Labour Government and the Green Party.