17 Jul 2023

Government provided no advice on fire risks

From Morning Report, 7:27 am on 17 July 2023

The government rushed into promoting much more intensive housing with zero advice on the higher fire risks.

An OIA response shows the Housing Minister Megan Woods got no advice despite Fire and Emergency warning her officials that fires would spread more easily and firefighting would get harder.

Reporter Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.