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Heads bang on desks over builders guarantees

ANALYSIS: Bloody-minded officials put kibosh yet again on mandatory new-build warranties.

Senior NBR journalist Maria Slade speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Maria Slade Mon, 15 Aug 2022

When a young Shoeshine first set out on her path of inquisitiveness, a much more senior polisher of footwear told her the same stories come around every five years.

That may be a generalisation but, in the case of whether New Zealand should have a system of mandatory builders’ guarantees, it is

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