Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon announces building products shake-up
Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon announces building products shake-up
The government is making it easier and cheaper for builders to use overseas building products.
This is great news, and something that should have been done a long time ago. Also, fuck Fletcher building.
I like the sound of this so far.
It's not mentioned in this article, but on the Herald:
“We’re also cutting red tape and costs on farmers building small dams by raising the height threshold for safety regulations from one to four metres,” Penk said.
Which gets a bit "Hmm.." from me. Seems like a big jump to not have safety regulations for
Four metres is pretty bloody high actually.
This does sound good, and reasonable. I feel like I recall hearing about something of a monopoly for Gib, does this help ease this situation?
It does, yes. This means it will be much easier to import equivalent products from overseas, bypassing the Fletcher monopoly on Wallboard.
I can't understand why Labour didn't do this while in power, actually.
Sounds great, breaking up the monopoly. Of course, they products should have to meet our current regulations. If that isn't a part of this it could just lead to Leaky Homes 2: Electric Boogaloo
Easing up ability to purchase supplies is good. Reducing safety measures, not so much