Problems with buildings revealed in Palmerston North
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English - October 15, 2019 18:14 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mass defective earthquake design of buildings in Palmerston North has been revealed in the face of official resistance. The city council has known for 18 months that two thirds of the buildings it's looked into are, or probably are, deficient, but tried to block releasing the investigation to RNZ. It's now had to declare seven of the buildings, all of them between 8 and 14 years old, as earthquake-prone. Phil Pennington is looking into this.