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New Zealand's building product standards need an overhaul, industry participants say.
The rules are being blamed for stopping innovative new solutions coming to New Zealand to dampen construction costs and speed up building processes.
But at the same time they are being accused of not doing enough to stem the flow of substandard materials into the country, which put property owners and construction firms at risk. . . . . .
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
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