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John Gray: A rotten business
A new TV documentary about the leaky homes disaster reveals the carnage exacted on Kiwi owners. Barney McDonald talks to campaigner and host John Gray.
Leaky home owners lose court battle
The owners of several apartments in a luxury hotel complex on Auckland's North Shore have lost their battle to sue the old North Shore City Council in a multi-million dollar leaky building row.
Double jeopardy in leaky-homes bill
Loophole means ratepayers are liable to homeowner and developer, says council
$1.5b leaky-schools nightmare keeps Tolley awake
The cost of fixing the leaky-school problem has risen to around $1.5bn - but Anne Tolley admits she doesn't know where the money will come from.
Council's leaky home appeal fails
A Supreme Court ruling has left NZ's 1.4 million ratepayers more exposed in the leaky-building fiasco.
Leaky-homes bill due to get first reading
The bill setting up the framework for the Govt's $1bn leaky homes package gets its first reading in Parliament today.
MP 'delighted' case settled out of court
Nick Smith says he is "delighted" a $15 million defamation lawsuit against him has been settled out of court.
<i>Geoff Hardy:</i> Think twice before patching up a leaky home
It is notoriously hard to fix up a leaky building that has been poorly designed or built to start with.