It's been very quiet around here lately

[B.M.]

They do bathroom stuff, they import some and make the rest - like the vanities and such. That contract.
The govt are sneaky bastards, you don't see big announcements about **** like this, they do it by stealth.

They had the contract renewed every 4 years for ages, right on lockdown they lost it, sorry China now they said......

It's not odd, China makes everything......

I’m curious but confused.

Are you saying that the Government is telling Private Enterprise where they must source some of their products/material?

[tweak'e]

I’m curious but confused.

Are you saying that the Government is telling Private Enterprise where they must source some of their products/material?

i suspect what happened is they dropped the kiwi manufacturer and installer who makes the gear to fit their houses, and gone with an installer only crowd who sources standardised mass produced gear.
the catch will probably be that the stuff may not fit the houses all that well.
its like buying bunnings kitchen or bathroom set then making it fit the house. where as typically you make the kitchen/bathroom fit the house.

[piroska]

I’m curious but confused.

Are you saying that the Government is telling Private Enterprise where they must source some of their products/material?

They make vanities. HNZ buys them from this NZ company and installs them in their HNZ houses.

Now HNZ (govt) will be buying them from China instead.

[gary67]

i suspect what happened is they dropped the kiwi manufacturer and installer who makes the gear to fit their houses, and gone with an installer only crowd who sources standardised mass produced gear.
the catch will probably be that the stuff may not fit the houses all that well.
its like buying bunnings kitchen or bathroom set then making it fit the house. where as typically you make the kitchen/bathroom fit the house.

Yep when I designed this house the kitchen was scaled to suit a flat pack kitchen from Mega just encase and in the end that is what I put in. I used to design for them and have worked for a few years as an installer for a custom kitchen maker. At the end of the day the Mega ones use pretty much the same hardware and source benchtops from the same suppliers as the custom guys

[allblack]

winmacguy was great entertainment. Those were the days . .

[kenj]

Yes, Jen banned me because of him once.

Didn't he morph into another user name?

Ken

[allblack]

hahahahaha....I got a post removed a week or so ago. First time, took me way back to the good ol days.