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Reece is sponsoring the Board's 2025 CPD programme, delivered through CONZTRUCT events for plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers nationwide.

A Whangārei man was fined $8,000 for falsely posing as a registered gasfitter and carrying out unsafe gasfitting work that endangered lives.

Explains the 2025 registration class name changes for plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers, and what the new titles mean for practitioners and consumers.

The one-year transition period for 2023 Building Code updates to plumbing and drainage documents ended on 1 November 2024.

Sets out the Board's response to the Government's self-certification scheme announcement for low-risk residential plumbing and drainlaying work.

Read about Jason O'Connor and Ian Olan joining the Board in September 2024, and the Board's thanks to outgoing members Barry Willcox and Deborah Cranko.

Reports a Whangarei man ordered to pay $4,100 reparation after carrying out unauthorised gasfitting work while registered only as a trainee.

Explains how Waihanga Ara Rau is helping industry respond to proposed changes to the vocational education and training system for construction trades.

Explains the August 2024 changes to the Self-Contained Vehicles Regulations, covering wastewater tank venting and levy refunds for failed inspections.

A man already serving a fraud sentence was convicted of unauthorised sanitary plumbing work and falsely advertising himself as a plumber.

An unregistered man was fined and ordered to pay reparation after advertising plumbing services and carrying out unauthorised sanitary plumbing work.

A Porirua man was fined $3,000 for unauthorised plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying work at a new build after his authorisations had expired.