Tradies, local authorities, designers, retailers and the public are being urged to have their say on a draft document that would enable many more overseas products to be easily used in New Zealand.

The Government is introducing a self-certification scheme for trusted building professionals and a requirement for Building Consent Authorities (BCA) to help reduce inspection wait times.

Improvements will soon be in place to strengthen occupational regulation regimes for Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs), electrical workers and plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers.

The Building and Construction (Small Standalone Dwellings) Bill has received its first reading in Parliament.

The Government has passed the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill to remove barriers to overseas building products being used in New Zealand.

The Government recently sought public feedback on options to make it easier to build granny flats.

The National Construction Pipeline Report provides the sector with a 6-year projection of national building and construction work.

Consultation document to help get feedback on proposals to change insulation requirements for housing and other buildings in the Building Code, Acceptable Solutions H1/AS1 and H1/AS2 and Verification Methods H1/VM1 and H1/VM2.

Have your say on changing the Building Code requirements for insulation in homes and other buildings.

The Government recently sought public feedback on options to make it easier to build granny flats.