Originally Posted by cypherpunk

Here is an article (8.5MB PDF) published last year in North and South magazine. It deals with the still-ongoing issues of dodgy materials, cladding systems, design problems, and building industry problems in general. It may be a bit alarmist but good food for thought anyway. I tried to upload it here but the site rejected it (too big maybe?).

Also for second-hand housebuyers it has a survey of the typical types of NZ house you will encounter, and their typical problems.