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A shake-up to the quake-prone building standards could be a reprieve for iconic buildings facing large retrofit bills

29 September 2025

A shake-up to the quake-prone building standards could be a reprieve for iconic buildings facing large retrofit bills

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Hopes to save building and apartment owners from exorbitant costs
	29 Sep: Hopes to save building and apartment owners from exorbitant costs... more

Demand for housing is still a matter of location, location, location
	29 Sep: Demand for housing is still a matter of location, location, location... more

Convenience trumps coastal views when it comes to the value of land in Auckland
	29 Sep: Convenience trumps coastal views when it comes to the value of land in Auckland... more

There are strong wind watches from MetService for parts of the South Island tomorrow
	27 Sep: There are strong wind watches from MetService for parts of the South Island tomorrow... more

Wild weather continues across the country today - hitting the upper North Island just in time for tonight's All Blacks game
	27 Sep: Wild weather continues across the country today - hitting the upper North Island just in time for tonight's All Blacks game... more

A fire investigator will be at former Massey University's Albany campus in Auckland this morning, following a huge blaze last night
	27 Sep: A fire investigator will be at former Massey University's Albany campus in Auckland this morning, following a huge blaze last night... more

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is defending his call not to make wholesale changes for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park
	25 Sep: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is defending his call not to make wholesale changes for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park... more

Digital billboards will now display MetService's real-time warnings during severe weather events
	24 Sep: Digital billboards will now display MetService's real-time warnings during severe weather events... more

The Department of Conservation is trialing paid car parking at three high-use sites - the West Coast's Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, Franz Josef Glacier and White Horse Hill in Aoraki Mount Cook
	24 Sep: The Department of Conservation is trialing paid car parking at three high-use sites - the West Coast's Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, Franz Josef Glacier and White Horse Hill in Aoraki Mount Cook... more

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