New Zealand First has announced a policy to insulate more than half a million homes that have no or inadequate insulation.
The party says when the Government's Warm Up New Zealand insulation programme ends in June 2018 there will still be 530,000 homes that need insulation.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says his policy will address what he calls a "shocking situation".
"With so many young children and older people's health being put at risk, this is appalling. We want an end to what was reported last week - the story of a Kapiti family who said their rental property was so mouldy, damp and hard to heat that they would be better off living in a tent."
A one-year-old girl living at the Kapiti property had been admitted to hospital three times with respiratory problems and eventually ended up in ICU with bronchiolitis, according to RNZ.
The party says when the Government's Warm Up New Zealand insulation programme ends in June 2018 there will still be 530,000 homes that need insulation.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says his policy will address what he calls a "shocking situation".
"With so many young children and older people's health being put at risk, this is appalling. We want an end to what was reported last week - the story of a Kapiti family who said their rental property was so mouldy, damp and hard to heat that they would be better off living in a tent."
A one-year-old girl living at the Kapiti property had been admitted to hospital three times with respiratory problems and eventually ended up in ICU with bronchiolitis, according to RNZ.
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