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. When KiwiBuild became part of Kāinga Ora, Panasonic joined Mike Greer to develop its first home. Panasonic Homes Co. was founded in 1963 by Panasonic Corp founder Konosuke Matsushita. For more than 50 years, it expanded its housing business in Japan.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2021 23:03 UTC