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...
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...
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…...
As TV3’s Story reported on 4th May 2016, there is a significant shortage of qualified plumbers in the Auckland region, not to mention the entire country. The report goes on to say that in the next two years there will be a 58% shortfall in the number of...
Dodgy plumbing work lands unprecedented fines and reparation for Shams Construction Works. The New Zealand Herald reports that company director, Shamsher Ali, was sentenced at the Auckland District Court in April after he was found guilty of carrying out sanitary...
As reported in Stuff, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has acknowledged it has concerns about plumbing fittings supplied directly by small scale importers without documentation to support code compliance. Consumers are urged to buy from reputable...
From personal hygiene through to cleaning products, you may have noticed an array of “flushable” wipes appearing on the supermarket shelves. While these products are undeniably convenient, they cost the country a lot more than the 12-15c a sheet that the...
TV3 reports of a Timaru real estate company being handed a $55,000.00 fine for failing to check the safety of gas appliances and fittings before renting out a property. The agency and a home maintenance franchisee pleaded guilty to breaches of the Gas Act and...
