In a test case that could affect thousands of leaky home owners, an Auckland couple have been granted leave for a Supreme Court appeal against a Weathertight Homes Tribunal decision.

The Ministry of Education has begun legal action against major building product companies over its huge repair bill for leaky school buildings.

Leaky home owners in Tauranga face paying more than $25 million to weatherproof their homes.

A North Shore couple with a Down syndrome daughter say they are under severe stress and unable to repair leaky townhouses due to a three-year battle to get money.

A wealthy couple who bought a leaky home have failed in a $2 million court case against the Auckland Council.

A couple who bought a Government minister's holiday house are furious to discover it is a leaky home - and they say they were never told.

Property sector could face bills dwarfing the leaky building issue.

A self-styled "Erin Brockovich" has emerged to take on the leaky homes scandal.

Maurice Williamson says he has seen no evidence homes assistance scheme is overly bureaucratic.

Only 12 victims of the $11 billion leaky homes catastrophe have received final payments from a $1 billion Government and local council scheme, raising the ire of experts.

The floodgates are open for owners of all buildings less than a decade old to sue councils after a landmark Supreme Court ruling yesterday, a legal expert says.

The owners of several apartments in a luxury hotel complex on Auckland's North Shore are allowed to continue their battle to sue the old North Shore City Council.

More schools have been identified as having leaks that are expected to cost up to $1.5 billion to fix.