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Tuesday’s Chorus: Some new New Building Standards
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Briefly for all today in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate:
* The Lead: The Government announced new earthquake strengthening standards that redefined away $8.2 billion worth of strengthening work. It was widely welcomed by business owners, especially in provincial cities hit hard with empty old main street buildings sitting empty for years, unable to sell.
* The Sidebar: Donald Trump has just (re) announced a 100% tariff on movies made outside the United States. (Reuters)
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