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Time is running out for landlords to meet the insulation requirements

14 Dec 2018

The Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) monitoring report released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) indicates the number of landlords insulating their rentals is not as high as it needs to be to achieve full compliance by the 1 July 2019 deadline.

Licensed building practitioner has licence cancelled for 10 years

14 Dec 2018

A licensed building practitioner (LBP) who underquoted work on an Auckland home by nearly $250,000 has been disciplined by the Building Practitioners Board (the Board) for carrying out building work in a negligent or incompetent manner, failing to provide a record of work, and bringing the LBP scheme into disrepute.

 

14 Dec 2018

They’re here! The unmissable #terracottawarriors exhibition opens tomorrow, in time for the China-New Zealand Year… https://t.co/NQeCm9CJNU

Renewable electricity generation hovers around 85 per cent

13 Dec 2018

Renewable sources made up almost 85 percent of electricity generation in the third quarter of 2018 pushed up by more hydrogeneration than this time last year, according to the New Zealand Energy Quarterly released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

 

13 Dec 2018

Do you give financial advice? The Govt is proposing changes to the fees and levies that are collected from the fin… https://t.co/P91E4Q1YHO

Latest Housing Affordability Measure (HAM) released

12 Dec 2018

MBIE released the latest Housing Affordability Measure data at midday today. HAM is an experimental housing affordability measure consisting of two indicators, one that tracks affordability for potential first-home buyers and one that tracks affordability for renters.

MBIE website refresh

12 Dec 2018

Welcome to the recently updated MBIE corporate website.