Construction

“This should never have been allowed to be built,” says Nic Purdom as she walks Fair Go around her unfit building.

Paul Running says he is financially and emotionally wrung out after a decade-long battle to repair what may be the country’s most expensive leaky building.

A multimillion-dollar case against James Hardie brought by owners of leaky homes has finally made it to court, five years after the claim was filed.

OPINION: How many people would expect that the construction materials used to build their home only have to last as long as my dishwasher?

Leaky building litigants have succeeded in their latest round against building cladding manufacturer and supplier James Hardie.

A homeowner involved in leaky building law suit against James Hardie is concerned about the financial strength of its New Zealand companies.

Home renovation budget blow-outs can lead to marriage break-ups, mortgagee sales, and financial ruin, but few disputes make it to the courts.

Affected Kiwi homeowners say it takes them one step closer to the $250 million of compensation they say they're owed.

James Hardie has lost a bid to have its parent company removed from a $250 million leaky building claim against its New Zealand subsidiary.

Adina Thorn says Steel and Tube must repay customers who thought its re-inforcing mesh would protect their buildings in a quake.

Calls are being made for buildings products company Steel & Tube to indemnify affected property owners over faulty steel mesh.

Possibly tens of thousands of property owners in Canterbury have non-compliant steel mesh in their new houses and properties.