Material Matters
BusinessDesk investigates the business of building materials
Govt spent $6.5m on now-defunct green building programme
Personnel costs were the highest, at $3.5m between 2021 and 2024.
Markets
Euro Corp buyer backs down
‘Key potential buyers’ have withdrawn from the process of buying it.
Climate change
Penk ignores officials' advice on green building regulations
Officials warned a voluntary approach would not reduce emissions and lead to higher costs.
Policy
Will Kāinga Ora's spend on prefabs survive reforms?
KO's spending on prefabs rose to $144m in FY24 – about 9% of its building spend.
Maria Slade
Property editor
Maria Slade is the NZ Shareholders Association 2021 Business Journalist of the year and was runner-up in the 2021 Citi Journalism Awards. She joined BusinessDesk in 2024 from NBR where she was a senior journalist. Prior to that she was business editor of the Spinoff. Slade has worked for most major NZ media outlets including NZ Herald, Stuff, Newstalk ZB and RNZ, and is the author of a how-to book for house hunters, Buyer Beware: A New Zealand Home Buyer’s Guide.
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