The announcement of nine new industry-led subjects for senior secondary students is exactly the kind of bold, forward-looking move New Zealand’s education system needs. Construction and Built Environment, Applied Intelligent Systems and the rest of the list will give young people genuine, curriculum-integrated pathways into industries that are crying out for skilled workers. Skills Group […]
Amendments to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 9 July 2026, and the changes take effect on 1 April 2027. They rebuild New Zealand’s main workplace safety law around one idea, critical risk. The amendments define critical risks as those associated with scheduled hazards such as asbestos and hazardous […]
Internal waterproofing is heading into the Licensed Building Practitioner scheme. The Government is progressing work to establish a new LBP waterproofing class, putting wet-area work under the same licensing and accountability regime that already covers carpentry, roofing, brick and blocklaying and external plastering. As at September 2026, the new class is not in force. The […]
Hydrodemolition takes concrete out with a high-pressure water jet instead of a hammer. It’s rarely the only way to do that. It becomes the necessary way when what has to survive the removal matters more than what has to come out. That’s the test worth applying before it goes into a tender. The operator sets […]
Aotearoa New Zealand has committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. HERA is helping the steel and construction sectors understand what that transition requires and, importantly, how industry can begin reducing emissions now. Steel remains essential to New Zealand’s buildings, infrastructure and renewable energy assets. Its strength, durability and adaptability make it central to […]
An earthquake does something to a retaining wall its static design never accounted for. The retained soil accelerates sideways against the back of the wall, and that push lands on top of the load the wall was already holding. Walls sound under normal conditions have gone over for exactly this reason. How much extra push […]
There were 40,908 new homes consented in New Zealand in the year ended July 2026, up 21% on the 33,879 consented the year before, according to new Stats NZ figures. “Annual home consent numbers have continued to strengthen in recent months, with increases in both stand-alone houses and multi-unit homes,” economic indicators spokesperson Michelle Feyen […]
New Zealand’s construction sector is facing rising costs, and much of the pressure is coming from how work gets delivered rather than how much of it there is. According to new research from Kennards Hire, businesses are increasingly focused on efficiency and coordination as the path to managing that pressure. The report found 96% of […]
New Zealand’s construction sector is shifting from cautious optimism to practical realism, according to Kennards Hire’s second annual Construction Confidence Check survey. 84% of construction leaders are confident in the industry’s growth over the next five years, even as businesses navigate cost pressures and economic uncertainty. 79% agree the sector has remained stable over the […]
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