Insulation
Designing a better night's sleep
New building products being tested at Auckland University may be the answer to restless summer nights in city apartments. Audio
Science: Lost elephant habitats, glass brick revival,
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about a big study that's looked at the scale of loss of elephant habitat in Asia. Over three centuries two thirds of suitable habitat - an… Audio
New insulation standards: Can New Zealand afford to delay?
The introduction of higher insulation standards designed to make homes not only warmer, but more energy efficient, could be delayed even longer. The building code changes were announced last year by… Audio
Auckland Council to add HomeFit check on LIM reports
Auckland residents will soon be able to access more information about the health and safety of their home, with Auckland Council moving to include a home-fit check on a property's LIM report. The… Audio
Designing women: Anne Salmond on her career in architecture
Architect Anne Salmond has spent her life designing buildings and is considered a trailblazer in her field. When she graduated from Victoria University in 1980 there were just eight women in her… Audio
Calling Home: Rod Snowdon in Giessen, Germany
Professor Rod Snowdon was only meant to be heading to Germany for a short while when he first arrived in 1993, but circumstances changed, and over a quarter of a century later he remains based in… Audio
Social housing residents sick of freezing, mouldy homes
Residents living in a Christchurch social housing complex say black mould and freezing conditions are harming their physical and mental health - and they've had enough. Eleisha Foon visited the… Audio
Builder Stan Scott on insulation
Builder Stan Scott looks at whether or not insulation is a DIY project and how you know if the insulation you've got is good enough for the job, and does it comply with the law? Audio
Dozens of insulation complaints in first week of law
The government has received 40 complaints of landlords breaching the requirement to insulate their rental properties in the first week of the new law.
Family desperate to leave freezing HNZ home
As the deadline closes in for the government's Healthy Homes standards, families living in state homes say more than extra insulation is needed to keep their children warm and healthy. Nita… Video, Audio
100,000 rental properties likely to miss insulation deadline
Renters whose freezing homes won't be insulated before new regulations come into effect at the end of the month say they have no power in getting their landlords to bring them up to scratch. Audio
Landlords under the pump to insulate homes by July 1
Landlords have until July 1 to make sure their properties are properly insulated - but many haven't done so, and now many are scrambling. Audio
A wealth of opportunities for NZ wool in the States
Stephen Fookes is a US-based New Zealander manufacturing three, high-value NZ wool-based products for American customers: wool pillows, wool chilly bins, wool insulation panels Audio
Officials don't know how many private rentals need insulation
Officials have no idea how many private rental properties still need insulation installed, two years before it becomes compulsory. Audio
Landlords told to come clean on rental insulation
Landlords are failing to disclose how much insulation is in their rental properties when they sign up new tenants, the Building and Construction Minister says. Audio
Landlords breaking new insulation law
Investigators monitoring the Government's new regulations around rental properties and insulation say landlords are breaking the law by failing to disclose how much insulation is in their rental… Audio
Landlords neglect govt insulation offer
Thousands of low-income families are enduring cold damp homes because their landlords are not taking up a government insulation subsidy. Audio
Insulation subsidy a hard sell
The Government's $18 million, two-year Healthy Homes programme for insulating the country's housing appears to be a hard sell. Fewer than 4,000 homes have been insulated under the scheme; it was hoped… Audio
Health benefits of insulation massive - study
The benefit to cost ratio of insulating New Zealand's cold, unhealthy housing stock has been put at a startling 6 to 1 for the nation's most vulnerable. So if the evidence for insulating sick homes is… Audio
Should heating your house be on prescription?
Energy affordability is a significant problem in New Zealand, with many kiwi households finding it difficult to pay expensive heating bills and keep their homes warm and healthy. So exactly how much… Audio
