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Draft Pharmacy services Standard
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 8:59 am | Standards New Zealand
A new draft Pharmacy services Standard is available for public comment from Standards New Zealand. The Standard will cover community and hospital-based pharmacy services, and clinical pharmacy services not provided from a pharmacy. Public comment runs ... More >>
Wiring Rules Standard – Amendment 1 published
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 5:04 pm | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand has published Amendment 1 to AS/NZS 3000:2007 Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules). AS/NZS 3000:2007 provides requirements for the selection and installation of electrical equipment, and design and testing ... More >>
Revised Standard for storage of liquids published
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 11:34 am | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard, Design of concrete structures for the storage of liquids, NZS 3106:2009, which supersedes NZS 3106:1986. The Standard provides design requirements and guidance including design loads and seismic design ... More >>
Thermal insulation for housing and small buildings
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 12:40 pm | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard specifying Thermal insulation – Housing and small buildings, NZS 4218:2009, which supersedes NZS 4218:2004. More >>
Standards NZ salutes its committee volunteers
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 3:32 pm | Standards New Zealand
Volunteers, and the organisations that nominate them, are the lifeblood of the Standards development process in New Zealand. Each year, hundreds of New Zealanders from across the country contribute their time, skills, and effort to helping develop Standards. ... More >>
Revision of Standard for timber-framed buildings
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 3:18 pm | Standards New Zealand
A ‘limited technical review’ of NZS 3604:1999, the key Standard for building timber-framed houses in New Zealand, is now underway. The Department of Building and Housing and the Earthquake Commission have sponsored the revision and the draft ... More >>
New ISO Standards on crane inspections
Monday, 8 June 2009, 11:02 am | Standards New Zealand
Newly published International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards on crane inspections aim to reduce the potential danger involved in the operation of cranes, reduce the risk of accidents to those people involved in a lifting operation ... More >>
Revised painting of buildings preparation Standard
Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 4:31 pm | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard, Guide to the painting of buildings, AS/NZS 2311:2009, to update and replace the 2002 version. The Standard helps those with interest in building design and maintenance – such as trades people, ... More >>
MPEG-4 Standard gets Emmy award for innovation
Friday, 1 May 2009, 3:35 pm | Standards New Zealand
A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for innovation in the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) Standard was presented to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) at an award ceremony ... More >>
New Compliance programmes Standard – available now
Friday, 1 May 2009, 1:51 pm | Standards New Zealand
The Standard helps organisations to develop a compliance programme that demonstrates commitment to compliance with legislative requirements, industry codes, and organisational standards, as well as standards of good corporate governance, ethics, and community ... More >>
Advanced video coding MPEG-4 Standard gets Emmy
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 4:01 pm | Standards New Zealand
A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for innovation in the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) Standard was presented to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) at an award ceremony ... More >>
New Universal Plug And Play (UPnP) Standard
Friday, 20 March 2009, 1:16 pm | Standards New Zealand
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) allows for seamless connectivity in the home between a vast variety of devices, computers, and operating systems, over virtually any type of connection. More >>
Wiring rules and companions set
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 1:16 pm | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand invites public comment on the draft Amendment 1 to AS/NZS 3000 Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring rules), DR3000A1 (Committee EL-001). More >>
Wind farm noise – Revised draft Standard
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 12:13 pm | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand invites public comment on draft Standard DZ 6808 Acoustics – Wind Farm Noise. The purpose of this Standard is to provide suitable methods for the prediction, measurement and assessment of sound from wind turbines for use ... More >>
Revised Health And Disability Service Standards
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 12:37 pm | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand has published the revised NZS 8134:2008 Health and disability services Standards, with approval from the Minister of Health. More >>
NZ maintain negative vote on proposed IT Standard
Monday, 31 March 2008, 2:38 pm | Standards New Zealand
'Standards New Zealand has confirmed its negative vote for the adoption of the OOXML specification as an ISO/IEC international Standard', says Debbie Chin, Chief Executive, Standards New Zealand. More >>
Standards NZ to attend meeting on OOXML
Friday, 22 February 2008, 11:47 am | Standards New Zealand
"Standards New Zealand is proud to be representing New Zealand at an international meeting on the development of a significant information technology Standard", says Grant Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, Standards New Zealand. More >>
International Standards Award
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 3:27 pm | Standards New Zealand
New Zealander Derek Johns is one of three international recipients of the prestigious International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) Lord Kelvin Award for 2007. The Award will be presented at a ceremony in Paris on 26 October during the IEC annual general ... More >>
Standards New Zealand appoints new Chief Executive
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 10:55 am | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand today announced the appointment of Debbie Chin as their new Chief Executive. "After an extensive search, involving a number of high calibre candidates, we're delighted to announce Debbie's appointment", said John Albertson, Acting Chair, ... More >>
Workshop helps assess NZ stakeholder views
Monday, 27 August 2007, 10:05 am | Standards New Zealand
Standards New Zealand has spent the past two days listening to stakeholder views on the proposed adoption of the European Computer Manufacturers' Association Office Open XML document as an international Standard. More >>
