Dunedin meeting on rotting homes
Wayne Mapp - National Housing Spokesperson
National is holding a public meeting on the rotting homes crisis in Dunedin on Monday.
National Housing Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp said Otago people had contacted National’s website and MPs’ with concerns
over rotting homes and worries about their loss of equity.
“While leaky buildings have been perceived as an Auckland problem they are a problem in Dunedin and wider Otago. People
are heartbroken at what they’ve discovered about their home,” he said.
Building surveyor and leaky building investigator Theo Marlow, and barrister Adrian More who specialises in civil
litigation will address the meeting. The public will have the opportunity to raise issues and ask questions.
“Those affected need to get together, find some answers and have input into the best way to deal with these problems and
how to prevent this continuing to happen,” Dr Mapp said.
National sought for the second time this week an amendment to the Construction Contracts Bill, so that a
Weathertightness Tribunal could be established to identify liability for homeowners. The Government did not support the
proposal.
Dr Mapp said National had proposed straightforward solutions to leaky homes syndrome. “We are determined to find the
answers for people affected now and others building in the future,” he said.
Monday’s meeting is at 12.30pm at the Federated Farmers meeting room, Harvest Court, 218 George St, (next to
McDonald’s), Dunedin.