> NZ like Australia on the whole, considers insulation and double/triple
> glazing to be the province of weird-thinking people

As a weird-thinking people, I'd say that's much more true of glazing.
I've never encountered a door-to-door double-glazing salesman for
example, the butt of many a UK joke

The government promotes insulation but you hardly hear anything
about double glazing. I know of only one - occassional - advertiser
for it and that's on radio, once a week in a sport program (it's one
of those 'phone-out' chats, the presenter's probably got it free)

Much older homes do tend to be un- or poorly insulated but
installation is subsidised. Cold in NZ is not so much a problem as
humidity, and insulation keeps the house dry and free from mould,
helping to prevent spore-related sicknesses and asthma
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