Opinion – David Tilson Is the new leaky home “stigma claim” realistic? On Tuesday a law firm – newly-formed specialist leaky-building practice Hoskins Thorn – filed on behalf of the owners in a central Auckland property – an $11.7 million leaky building claim, incorporating a “stigma claim,” in the High Court at Auckland  -  against [...]

Thousand of families are being adversrely affected by the dangerous health consequences of the leaky homes scandal in New Zealand The long-term social costs of leaky homes  -  will stretch far beyond fixing failures in construction, according to a book just published. This first book on the broad effects of the leaky buildings saga in [...]

Herald commentator Brian Rudman has come out in heavy support of Mayor Andrew William’s stance on the leaky home scandal. Mr Rudman said Mr Williams reaction to the Government 10%  “take or leave it” offer “derisory” – and he’s dead right. “Mayor Williams says the [Mayoral Forum] talks broke down after he said the miserly [...]

News that the government has backed away from its ‘take it or leave it’ rescue package offer to leaky homes victims was welcomed today by North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams. “North Shore leaky homes victims learned via the news media over the weekend that the government has dropped it’s ‘take it or leave it’ 10 percent [...]

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says the government needs to do more than 10% if there is going to be a solution to the leaky homes problem Mayor Williams compared the problem to that of a national disaster and that governements have spent far more money on less important projects in the past. “We are [...]