Turning up the heat
As a nation we used to be known for our hard-nosed approach to home heating.
Overseas visitors would often express amazement at New Zealanders heating only the living areas of their homes and bravely, even cheerfully, enduring ice-cold bedrooms, bathrooms and hallways.
However, now there’s a growing understanding of the importance of healthy homes and attitudes are changing fast.
The coroner’s ruling, which involved a critique of substandard living conditions, in the tragic Emma-Lita Bourne case, in 2015, led to a public outcry – and the case has ramifications for all landlords.
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