Master Plumbers is disappointed the Government’s budget has failed to acknowledge the contribution employers who take on apprentices make. Master Plumbers commitment to apprentices is through their Masterlink programme, a mentoring apprenticeship scheme that places...
Buyer beware! As Stuff reports, weak plumbing industry regulations have led to a spike in consumers complaining about shoddy products. Master Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers NZ Inc has had an ‘influx’ of calls from Christchurch residents, in...
As seen over on the Stuff website, here are seven deadly sins when it comes to your plumbing… 1. FLUSHING EVERYTHING DOWN THE LOO False teeth, retainers, a weevil-infested whole bag of flour and a knitted beanie are just some of the things plumbers have...
These are uncertain times… the Covid crisis has changed everything… now even the government may change. Even if you have tried TVNZ’s ‘Vote Compass’, you wouldn’t do any better than putting your faith in Auckland Plumbers Group. We make open and transparent...
To all our wonderful customers, suppliers, trade colleagues and friends, As you will be aware, the Auckland region has moved into Covid-19 Alert Level 3. We will continue to be available to carry out ‘ALL SERVICES SAFELY’ and there will be strict...
One News 04 April 2020Auckland Plumbers Group Director, Andrew Durrans, was interviewed by One News for a story on the need to set up a national register log for the plumbing and gasfitting industries while the country is in ‘Level-4’.Click to view on...
You would have no doubt heard of a ‘Smart Home’. Smart homes generally involve connected devices that communicate and interact with each other for the benefit of the occupants. One common example is lights that you can control through your phone. On some...
A forty-year-old apprentice has won a scholarship at the 2018 NZ Plumbing Awards. As nzherald.co.nz reports, you are never to old to retrain and get recognised for your efforts. The hardest part about becoming a plumber was going back to school, says Tom Walls, a...
Master Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers NZ Inc has launched an extensive advertising campaign in April 2018 with the tagline ‘Good call.’ Building on the successful 2015 ‘Don’t Risk It’ campaign, the new approach has a more positive focus....
As reported by Stuff , a faulty loo has forced a plane full of plumbers to turn around. Isn’t that somewhat ironic? Flying from the Norwegian capital Oslo to the German city of Munich, the plane was forced to turn around after its toilets had packed up…...
Pictograms are used as a universal language that are used as a quick visual cue to communicate – in computer usage they are usually called icons. They are an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. They are everywhere...
In an article in the NZ Herald Online edition, experts warn that fitting a water filter can be illegal and carry a much bigger overall cost than a cheap DIY water filter. The Havelock North water contamination crisis has raised concerns in communities that our tap...
