Building System Regulatory Strategy

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Kia ora, I’m John Sneyd, General Manager of MBIE’s Building System Performance branch.

Our job is to support the building and construction sector to be productive, efficient, economically sustainable, and confident in its ability to contribute to our economy, environment and social wellbeing. 

We want a high-performing building regulatory system that supports better buildings for everyone in New Zealand.

Over the past two years, we have been taking a close look at Aotearoa’s building system and have led the development of a new Strategy – Building for the Future.

We started by looking into the big challenges the building system is facing – things like climate change, inefficient and inconsistent consenting processes, and skills shortages – and how MBIE can help address these challenges.

Building for the Future is a 10-to-15 year strategy that will help us ensure that our buildings support the health, safety, cultural and social wellbeing of our communities for future generations.

The Strategy sets out MBIE’s building system priorities across four areas, which we call the four Ps - people, products, processes and performance. We know the 4 Ps have to work together for a thriving building system.

Under each of the 4 Ps, we’ve set clear priorities for action:

• For people, we want to grow the capability and capacity of the building industry – and also focus on making sure that buildings contribute to people’s wellbeing – meaning that homes are healthy, durable and safe.
• For products, we want to encourage innovation in the industry and the uptake of new technologies.
• For processes, we want to collaborate with stakeholders to achieve the right balance of efficiency and effectiveness in our regulatory system – making sure that regulatory processes are promoting good quality outcomes but without making them too cumbersome.
• For performance, we want to drive and uphold a reputation for setting the right conditions for excellent building system performance – and make excellent performance across the system the default expectation.

I encourage you to take a look at the Strategy to learn more about how we’re improving our building system, and how that will support better buildings for all New Zealanders, now and into the future.

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