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Dunedin City Council building control officer

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Dunedin City Council building control officer

Building control officer John Peace inspects flats being constructed in Serpentine Avenue, Dunedin, in August 2008. Local councils employ building inspectors to monitor work, to ensure that buildings are built to a high standard.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 14 August 2008, p. 32

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Carl Walrond, Building and construction industry – The building profession and process, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24197/dunedin-city-council-building-control-officer (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 26 February 2010.