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Mould, Death, and Legal Silence | Auckland News
A family’s desperate bid to hold a state landlord accountable for their father’s death from lung disease—linked to months of ignored mould—ended in defeat at the Tenancy Tribunal. Though inspectors flagged “excessive visible mould” threatening health, including that of a young child, the tribunal couldn’t award damages because the Coroner never investigated the cause of death. The landlord, LINZ, admitted delays but claimed no direct link to the tenant’s fatal illness, while the tenant himself may have downplayed the mould’s impact. The tribunal acknowledged LINZ’s failures but firmly stated…
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