Building and Construction Minister Megan Woods says four alternative plasterboard products can now be used as substitutes for GIB following the establishment of the government taskforce last month to tackle plasterboard shortages.Below is a statement from Woods. Plasterboard taskforce update ·Four alternative plasterboard products able to be used as substitutes for GIB ·12 importers of plasterboard– four of them new - have 100 containers of product en route to New Zealand ·Regular updating of guidance and ongoing communication with sector to encourage use of alternative products ·Step-by-step, practical information for plasterboard merchants and builders to be released this week ·Kāinga Ora procures alternative product for retrofit programme, taking pressure off domestic supply chains and providing market certainty for alternative products.

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