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 particular, worried...
The second Covid-19 lockdown and what it means for Auckland Plumbers Group customers. Find out what can and cannot be done.
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...
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. Auckland Plumbers Group...
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... and the...
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 registered...
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...