The 12 days of Christmas

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(Sung to the 12 days of Christmas carol!)   “On the 12th day of Christmas, here’s what’s what in our industry: Twelve HOY Award categories Eleven...

Superbly strong year for the RMBF and industry

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This month's column consists of the speech I gave at this year's House of the Year national gala dinner: Welcome to you all...

Exercising leadership

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This issue of Building Today marks my two year anniversary with the Registered Master Builders Federation — and, heck, it’s been a super fast...

Working with politicians — ‘May you live in interesting times!’

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One of the three core strategies for the RMBF is being “the Industry Champion” — in other words, being the voice of the construction...

Housing affordability — it can be fixed!

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One of the recent, big public issues has centred around housing affordability, with nearly everyone jumping on the bandwagon and suggesting how it can...

Looking back on RMBF performance

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One of the things we did at the recent RMBF conference in Taranaki is present our Annual Review for the work we did last...

Weakening the foundations of licensing

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The key policy theme running through this issue of Building Today is the recent announcement by Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove at our...

There’s a buzz in the air!

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As 2007 has started to crank up a bit I have had the opportunity to get around a couple of parts of the country...

Home ownership for all

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One of the stories in the news recently has been about homes becoming less affordable. The issue itself is not new, and New Zealand’s...

2007 — a year of change

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Change tends to go in waves - when you go through a long period of "status quo" and "this is the way we always...