Local authorities need more support in addressing the potential risks of land contaminated by lead paint from old residential properties. Use of the Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) is not enough. Graham Aveyard pieces together the evidence.
Archived records from the New Zealand Official Yearbook provide some baseline...
Urban growth is putting pressure on councils to clean up contaminated land. Current regulations are not quite tailored for the job and can be open to interpretation. So, is it time for a nationally-led more consistent approach? Patricia Moore has been digging the dirt.
Our country has an estimated 20,000 contaminated land sites....
