100 container loads of plasterboard on the way: Woods

Housing minister Megan Woods said Kāinga Ora is using alternative plasterboard. (Image: Getty)

Wed, 27 Jul 2022

Housing minister Megan Woods said there are 100 containers carrying 220,000 square metres of plasterboard, sufficient to supply about 440 completed homes, arriving in New Zealand in the "coming weeks”.The taskforce Woods established last month to help solve the plasterboard shortage has told her there are now 12 importers of plasterboard, four of which are new to the market, Woods told parliament.There are now four alternative plasterboard products to Fletcher Building’s Gib brand, three of which meet standards for fire and wat...

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