“Local Government New Zealand is showing real leadership on the leaky homes issue,” says its President, Basil Morrison. “We have been closely engaged in the issue and the implications for councils and homeowners since 2003.”

The organisation has been trying to engage Government in discussions on possible risk-sharing mechanisms to manage the ‘leaky homes’ issue. The latest example of this was through Local Government New Zealand’s submission to the Select Committee considering the Weathertight Homes Bill in October 2006, the organisation was not successful in achieving change to the current legal situation on liability.