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9 December 2011: Revised guidance on repairing and rebuilding houses affected by the Canterbury earthquake sequence published »
17 November 2011: Changes to supporting Building Code documents made under urgency for Canterbury on 19 May 2011 have been confirmed »
9 November 2011: Code Watch Issue 1: Changes to B1 and E2 documents »
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