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New Zealand is the only country to have only technician-level, essentially un-trained Territorial Authority building inspectors. In this regard, building control systems in New Zealand have not been effectively managed, and have lead to a poor quality of housing stock. Examples of poor quality are the reported cases of failed weather tightness, whereby the government of the day set up a mediation service Weathertight Homes Resolution Service to resolve cases of houses that failed even though they were approved by building inspectors.