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BNZ faults city council over HQ consent

NAB’s Kiwi subsidiary BNZ is suing Wellington City Council for more than NZ$101 millionover the now demolished earthquake-damaged BNZ building on the city’s waterfront.

The damages claim has been revealed during a related court case, reports Stuff.

BNZ is suing over alleged negligence by the Council over granting the building consent and issuing a code compliance certificate.

The purpose-built building, completed in 2009, was designed for BNZ on Waterloo Quay.

The owner of the land is CentrePort which leased the building to BNZ. It was water damaged in a 2013 earthquake, then so badly damaged during the 2016 Kaikoura that no one was allowed back into the building, and it has now been taken down.

 

 

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