Building a green reputation

China's answer to Donald Trump says New Zealand has a global reputation for building environmentally friendly houses.

Wang Shi is an ex-People's Liberation Army soldier who now leads China's country's biggest house builder, China Vanke.

He was in Auckland yesterday to find out more about eco-friendly residential construction.

"New Zealand has developed excellent 'green' houses," he said." People know Europe, particularly Norway and Sweden, for environmentally sustainable buildings. But that's so remote for China. We can learn something from New Zealand which is so much closer."

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Posted: 31 Mar 2009

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