Electric vehicles (EV) fire safety guides
These guides provide good practice advice to support the safe design, installation and management of electric vehicle charging facilities and parking areas in residential and commercial settings. http…
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Wellington - 6 August 2026 - Nine new Industry-led Subjects
What a magnificent Wellington day for the launch of the new Industry led school subjects. Trent Fearnley (ABC CEO) was honoured to be invited as the Chair of Manufacturing and Engineering Industry Ski…
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What's new at Future Skills
New Fire Engineering qualifications to support building compliance practice FutureSkills will commence delivery of two NZQA-approved Fire Engineering qualifications in early 2026, developed to suppor…
Wellington - 20 Nov 2025 - BRANZ visit
For more than 50 years, the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) has been a trusted, independent expert in building and construction. Their team of scientists, engineers and building e…
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2025 NAPFU collective bargaining and industrial action
On Friday, 17 October, members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will be holding a one-hour work stoppage from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Please be aware this may impact your organis…
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PRODUCT RECALL - Trojan Developments Prox Rox
A 'touch to exit' security switch is being recalled as it is "vulnerable to compromise" in some circumstances. The Trojan Developments Prox Rex was sold over a four-year period. Product Safety say t…
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Potential Asbestos in Fire Doors – Industry Alert
Date: 7 October 2025 Source: Building Performance – MBIE Summary: Fire-retardant boards (FRBs) used in some fire doors supplied in Aotearoa New Zealand between 2021 and 2025 have tested positive fo…
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Joint NZ and Australian Standards Committee FP-003 - ABC Nomination
The Association has been asked to provide a nomination for a committee member to the Joint Australian and NZ Standards Committee, FP-003 Hand-Held Firefighting Equipment. This includes extinguishers, …
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Vocational Education Reform - Sprinkler and Alarm Technicians
Following the Cabinet announcement on April 24th, and subject to the legislation passing, Te Pūkenga’s work-based learning divisions, including their existing apprentices and trainees, will transfer t…
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Firefighting Equipment Thefts on the Rise again
Fire and Emergency NZ have issued a new notice on Firefighting Equipment thefts. Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened. Please read the notice here and be vigilant of your equipm…
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