GOVERNMENT has started preliminary discussions with some New Zealand manufacturers on using recyclable materials for housing.
With increasing reports of termite infested timber in the country, Local Government Minister Maciu Nalumisa, in an interview during the Parliament break today, said such initiative was affordable and termite free.
He said he had taken a trip to New Zealand to meet with manufacturers and engineers and get more information about such initiative that Government plans to take up.
“The trip was to explore some technology in New Zealand and to help us with the provision of affordable housing here at home,” he said.
“NZ have smart engineers and materials and they have very vast knowledge which we can take from them for the housing sector in Fiji.
“We have timber infested by termites and we looking for materials that are termite free and sustainable as well.”
Mr Nalumisa said preliminary discussions have started.
“NZ has started working on housing materials made from recycling materials and if that can happen here, we would reduce the use of timber and also ease the activities of cutting down trees,” he said.
