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From Rags to Riches – the Power of Insulation

Fed up with feeling cold and damp in their ageing farm house, property owners in Banks Peninsula wanted to downsize.Seeing potential in their neglected milking shed on the same property, the couple called in Walker Architecture designer Pete Hodge from Christchurch....

Insulation prevents power outages?

New Zealand experienced its highest ever peak in demand for electricity on Monday August 9th, resulting in a widespread power outage.Up to 20,000 North Island households were left in the dark and cold on one of the coldest nights of the year. Medically dependent...

Many renters live in cold and mouldy houses

Chloe Swarbick, Green Party MP petitions for a rental ‘Warrant of Fitness’ as well as Healthy Homes Regulations in response to finding damp and visible mould in 28,000 New Zealand homes, December 2020. The warrant of fitness would cover the standards set in the...