$112,000 fine over old Auckland bingo hall converted into unsafe migrant housing
Ryan Anderson/Stuff Workers from the Philippines, who moved to New Zealand to work in trades, were living in shipping containers within a warehouse when Stuff visited in 2019. A company that turned an old bingo hall into a boarding house for migrant workers has been fined after being found in breach of building rules. The warehouse, on Maich Rd in Manurewa, South Auckland, contained 21 portable cabins and housed 42 tenants who arrived in December 2017 to work for Radius Contracting Ltd. The Auckland Council prosecuted the company and logistics manager William Farmer after council inspector...
Source: stuff.co.nz