NZ will have a new Prime Minister after NZ National Christopher Luxon defeated Labour’s Chris Hopkins on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst counting continues, Wood Central can report that Christopher Luxon is in a strong position to secure government with the support of the ACT Party and, potentially, Winston Peters NZ First Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the last month<\/a>, Wood Central has covered the policy positions of National and Labour, with forestry emerging as a hot button following Cyclone Gabrielle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the election of PM Luxon, attention now turns to National’s “Better Building and Construction Policy,<\/em><\/a>” which proposed a boost in funding for the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) to drive greater sustainability in the built environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As revealed in National’s manifesto, “Breaking the Barriers to Building and Construction,”<\/em><\/a> the new government claimed that regulations governing construction materials “are too rigid” and lead to a breakdown in the supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n