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Japanese giant Panasonic Homes joins Mike Greer in house construction Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 4:32PM
Panasonic Homes has teamed up with Mike Greer to build its first homes in Te Kauwhata. Photo / NZ Herald
Japanese giant Panasonic Homes joins Mike Greer in house construction Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 4:32PM
A brand name better known for electronics than construction has finished its first New Zealand home.
Panasonic Homes says it has built a prefabricated three-bedroom prototype in the Waikato s Te Kauwhata, the first of many it will produce with one of New Zealand s largest house-builders, Mike Greer Commercial.
Anna Filippova, Panasonic Homes New Zealand representative, said the business could build a house in around three months whereas most New Zealand homes took around seven months.
NZ s newest house builder: Japanese giant Panasonic Homes joins Mike Greer
24 Jan, 2021 09:58 PM
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Home on completion. Photo / supplied
A brand name better known for electronics than construction has finished its first New Zealand home.
Panasonic Homes says it has built a prefabricated three-bedroom prototype in the Waikato s Te Kauwhata, the first of many it will produce with one of New Zealand s largest house-builders, Mike Greer Commercial.
Anna Filippova, Panasonic Homes New Zealand representative, said the business could build a house in around three months whereas most New Zealand homes took around seven months.
The company was drawn here in 2018 when the Government established KiwiBuild and invited overseas prefabricated housing manufacturers in, she said. When KiwiBuild became part of Kāinga Ora, Panasonic joined Mike Greer to develop its first home.
The prototype house being built in Te Kauwhata in Waikato.
Photo: Supplied
Panasonic Homes, part of the giant Japanese multinational Panasonic Corporation, has partnered with New Zealand residential building company Mike Greer Commercial.
It is the first time Panasonic Homes has expanded outside of Asia.
The company builds prefabricated house panels, such as external walls, floors and the roof, for stand-alone houses and rental apartments.
Having ready-made components could reduce the typical build time for a New Zealand house from about seven months to three.
Panasonic Homes representative Anna Filippova said the company had built a prototype in Te Kauwhata and was on the lookout for new sites.