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- Reforming the building regulatory system and building and construction sector
- Building and maintaining New Zealand’s homes and buildings
- Response to Canterbury earthquakes
- Response to the rapid building assessment system review
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Building and construction consultations
- Work with engineered stone and materials containing crystalline silica
- Making it easier to build granny flats (2024)
- Building Code fire safety review discussion document
- Summary of submissions: Building Code fire safety review
- Summary of submissions: Improving efficiency in the inspection process
- Review of the building consent system (snapshot)
- Proposed amendments to the BuiltReady Scheme Rules public consultation
- Building consent system review: Options paper summary of submissions
- Improving efficiency in the inspection process: Discussion document
- Consultation document: Insulation requirements in housing and other buildings
- Investigations and reviews for safer buildings
- Residential pool safety
- Supporting a skilled and productive workforce
- Regulating building professionals and practitioners
- Building Performance Website
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Building System Insights Programme
- Building and Construction Sector Trends Reporting Package
- COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on building system actors
- Evaluation of the Building Consent System
- Monitoring the efficiency of building consent processes for new Kāinga Ora public housing
- National Construction Pipeline Report
- Progress towards identifying potential earthquake-prone buildings
- State of the Building and Construction Sector
- Trends in the importation of building and construction products
- Building Consent System Performance Monitoring - Quarterly update
- Digital Compliance for Low-Risk Plumbing and Drainlaying Work Pilot - Evaluation Findings
- KPI Inspections Monitoring – Quarterly update
- Earthquake-prone building and seismic risk management review
Reforming the building regulatory system and building and construction sector
Government has a significant programme of work to ensure the building regulatory system is efficient, and to support the building and construction sector to lift performance.
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Tackling sector challenges
There are long-standing issues in the building and construction sector. These affect build quality and hold back productivity and innovation. A number of initiatives across government and industry are addressing the complex challenges through a reform of the building regulatory system and building and construction sector.
The Government’s building and construction regulator, Building Performance, is leading work to partner with industry, reform building law, build skills capability and modernise the Building Code.
Building Code updates
The Building Code is reviewed on a 3-yearly cycle, with the next update due in 2028. Public consultation will open prior to these dates.
This update cycle will give the sector more certainty and helps with planning for investment. The Building Code changes already underway will continue as planned.
Building Code reviews moving to a three-year cycle(external link) — Building Performance
Additionally, a new regulatory instrument has been introduced:
Building Product Specifications(external link) — Building Performance
This will be updated more regularly. The Building Product Specifications was introduced in July 2025 to enable greater use of overseas building products. It contains specifications for building products used with an acceptable solution or verification method to show compliance with the Building Code.