Material Matters
BusinessDesk investigates the business of building materials
Infrastructure
Material Matters: what we’ve learned
Wrapping up an inspection into building materials.
Property
Material Matters
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The building sector is being reminded gifts like barbecues and jet skis are income.
Material Matters: Seismic stigma
Ending up with an earthquake-prone building can have real financial implications.
Material Matters: Quake proof or market proof?
Commercial tenants are setting the standard when it comes to earthquake risk.
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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