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New Zealand Master Plumber of the Year

New Zealand Master Plumber of the Year

When Andrew Durrans assumed leadership of Auckland Plumbers Group in 2013, he envisioned a transformation from a mere plumbing company to a beacon of customer service excellence. “We felt by becoming a customer services company, we would really grow as a business,...

master plumber of the year

master plumber of the year

 Auckland Plumbers Group Takes Top Honours at the 2023 Master Plumbers Awards In a dazzling evening of recognition and achievement, the Auckland plumbing community came together at the Hilton Auckland hotel on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, for the prestigious...

award-winning apprenticeship programme

award-winning apprenticeship programme

Our Senior Leadership Team is guided by the company values of ‘honesty, reliability and professionalism’. We seek to provide an outstanding level of technical excellence and customer experience for our clients at every turn. To achieve this, we need a team with the...

Level 3 – more work can be done

Level 3 – more work can be done

  I am sure that you are as pleased as we are that, at last, we are moving to Alert Level 3. This means that the team at Auckland Plumbers Group can carry out ‘All Services Safely’ as from Wednesday 22nd September 2021. We will be working within strict Covid...

Apprenticeships vs Budget

Apprenticeships vs Budget

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

Buyer beware

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 particular, worried...

smart home

smart home

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 systems, you...

Older dog, new tricks… and a scholarship

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...

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