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Innovation Needed To Solve NZ’s Power Problem
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 7:44 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers is calling on the Government to consider renewable gas and biogas as viable alternatives to strengthen the country’s power network. More >>
Master Plumbers Welcomes Government’s New No-consent 'granny Flat' Policy
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 4:58 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers believes the Government’s plan to allow buildings up to 60 square meters to be constructed without requiring a consent will help lower costs and reduce compliance for the construction sector. More >>
Master Plumbers Applauds Decision To Retain Apprenticeship Boost Funding
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:06 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers Chief Executive Greg Wallace said training apprentices remains the best solution to combating workforce shortages in the industry. “Plumbing has an ageing workforce, with 38% of the plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers now aged 55 ... More >>
Master Plumbers Support Government Plans To Cut Red Tape
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 4:05 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers was pleased to hear how the Government is focused on making it quicker and easier to build. Speaking at the NZ Plumbing Conference in Wellington today, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk said the Government wants to remove ... More >>
Plumbers Back Government Moves To Adopt WaterMark
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 6:49 am | Master Plumbers
Proposed changes to the Building Act announced this week would recognise trusted product standards from overseas, removing the need to verify them here in New Zealand. More >>
Bay Of Islands Business Wins Top National Plumbing Award
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 6:33 am | Master Plumbers
Bay of Islands Plumbing & Gas (BOIPG) has won the supreme 2022 New Zealand Master Plumber of the Year Award at this year’s New Zealand Plumbing Awards, held in Rotorua on Friday 17 June. Owner Zane Britton set up the business on returning ... More >>
World Plumbing Day Is A Reminder Of The Need To Plug New Zealand’s Plumber Shortage.
Friday, 11 March 2022, 8:58 am | Master Plumbers
New Zealand needs a 30% increase in qualified plumbers if we are to plug the skills shortage. With close to 49,000 building consents issued in 2021, up 24 percent from the previous year, plumbers and other construction workers are in huge demand. "World ... More >>
Heading To The Bach? Flush The Water When You Arrive
Monday, 13 December 2021, 8:59 am | Master Plumbers
The good old Kiwi bach is a summer favourite-whether you’re staying in your own or you’ve booked a holiday home. But don’t let unhealthy water spoil your fun. Be aware, if a property has stood empty for a while, water will have stagnated in ... More >>
Master Plumbers Joins Call For Mandatory Vaccination In Construction Sector
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 2:55 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers is adding its voice to industry demands for compulsory vaccination in the building and construction sector, and is asking the Government to act with urgency. Building industry membership group Registered Master Builders yesterday ... More >>
Economic recovery will be stifled due to lack of supplies
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 11:56 am | Master Plumbers
Construction work will come to a grinding stop within days unless the Government allows Auckland to distribute supplies to the rest of New Zealand immediately, says Master Plumbers. More >>
Government Urged To Put Green Gas Plan In Place Before Banning New Gas Connections - Master Plumbers
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 3:15 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers is urging the Government to not race into a ban on new gas connections, with even the Climate Change Commission pointing to the need for more investment in green gas alternatives. In its final advice to the Government today, the Climate ... More >>
Master Plumbers Calls For Permanent Apprenticeship Boost
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 12:34 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers is joining the call for the Government to make the Apprenticeship Boost scheme permanent. The scheme, which provides financial support to employers of apprentices during the first two years of an apprenticeship, is currently scheduled ... More >>
2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards - Full List Of Winners
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:20 am | Master Plumbers
2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards - Full List of Winners - Plumbing World Scholarships These are awarded to three Masterlink apprentices who have demonstrated diligence in their assignment completions, and maturity and personal growth over the past year. ... More >>
Waikato Woman Wins 2021 National Women In Plumbing Award
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:18 am | Master Plumbers
This year’s Jackson Women in Plumbing award has been won by Sarah Avery, Office Manager of Plumbing & Gas Works in Hamilton, at the 2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. Sarah joined the company in 2015 and ... More >>
Newly Qualified Queenstown Plumber Wins 2021 James Douglas Medallion
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:17 am | Master Plumbers
Alan Wharton, a commercial maintenance plumber with Flints Plumbing in Queenstown, was named the overall winner of the James Douglas Medallion at the 2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. Alan recently completed his ... More >>
Rotorua Family Business Wins 2021 New Zealand Master Plumber Of The Year
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:15 am | Master Plumbers
Rotorua-based family-owned business BOP Plumbing & Gas has won the 2021 New Zealand Master Plumber of the Year Award at the 2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards, held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. Four years ago, the firm moved overnight from ... More >>
Marlborough Adult Apprentice Wins Plumbing World Scholarship
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:13 am | Master Plumbers
Matthew (Matt) Bird has been awarded a Plumbing World Scholarship at the national 2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards, held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. Matt is in the first year of his Masterlink plumbing and drainlaying apprenticeship, hosted ... More >>
Christchurch "go-to" Apprentice Wins Plumbing World Scholarship
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:12 am | Master Plumbers
Christchurch-based apprentice Oliver (Ollie) Tabak has won a Plumbing World Scholarship at the national 2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards, held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. Ollie was just 19 when he started working at Clyne & Bennie as a Masterlink ... More >>
"Honest And Hardworking" Wellington Apprentice Wins Plumbing World Scholarship
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:10 am | Master Plumbers
Wellington apprentice Vincent (Vinny) Roth has won a Plumbing World Scholarship at the national 2021 New Zealand Plumbing Awards, held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. Vinny is in the final year of his Masterlink plumbing and gasfitting apprenticeship. ... More >>
Hastings-based Plumbing Firm Boss Wins 2021 New Zealand Trainer Of The Year Award
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:08 am | Master Plumbers
Sean Patrick of Hastings-based firm East Coast Plumbing & Gas has won the New Zealand Trainer of the Year Award at the 2021 New Zealand New Zealand Plumbing Awards, held in Blenheim on Friday 26 March. The award acknowledges plumbing, gas ... More >>
