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“In Whangārei the leaks are coming from the ceiling, in the hospital, in the radiology and emergency departments. While water dripping close to expensive MRI machines in April shocked a patient (thankfully not literally), it was no surprise to staff or health authorities. It has been decided that replacing the roof is not economical, as the whole building is not going to last much longer. Hospital staff, AKA resourceful tenants, placed a bucket under the leak, and continued to work around it. At the time, an ED doctor told the Herald that the leaks were sometimes a ‘cascade’ of water, and were across various departments. There is a hospital rebuild on the way, but stage one isn’t due to be completed for another seven years. This is worse than the landlord who ignored my friend’s requests to fix a leaky roof for three months.”
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One big crappy flat with successive negligent landlords
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