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We are the regulators for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers in Aotearoa New Zealand

The Board protects the health and safety of the public by ensuring

plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers are competent to carry out restricted work.

 

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Self-certification webinar - 19 May 2026

An update from the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board on the intended eligibility criteria, endorsement process, and expected self-certification documentation and an update from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on the expanded scope of the scheme, the building consent process, and what happens after building consent is granted.

Prepare for lead-free plumbing

Starting 2 May 2026, New Zealand will require lead-free plumbing for drinking water.

 

 

Man fined $8,000 for illegal plumbing and drainlaying at five Wānaka and Cromwell properties

 

 

Safe and Skilled: a new AI podcast series from the Board for plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers.

Listen to the first four episodes: an overview of the proposed self-certification scheme, what you need to know about granny flat consent exemptions, the vocational education reforms, and how to be a great supervisor.

 

Webinar: Self-certification for plumbing and drainlaying

Webinar held on Monday, 17 November 2025.

Self-certification for plumbing and drainlaying: timeline and introduction
Board response to Government's self-certification scheme announcement

 

Freedom camping vehicle owners encouraged to act early on new certification rules

 

Unlicensed electrical and plumbing worker sentenced for dangerous work, fined

Fined $9,000 for completing plumbing and electrical work while unlicensed.

Man posed as a plumber and drainlayer, illegally worked on elderly neighbours’ home

Man sentenced for completing illegal plumbing and drainlaying work on his elderly neighbour’s property, after falsely leading them to believe he was licensed to do the work. 

 

$4,319 reparation awarded for illegal drainlaying done by previous owner

 

 

New Board Chair and Deputy Chair appointed

The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board has appointed a new Chair and Deputy Chair at its first meeting of 2025.

 

CONZTRUCT partnering with Reece and the Board to deliver CPD

Reece announced as new sponsor of Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board's Nationwide CPD programme

 

Man fined $8,000 for issuing fake gas certificates and gasfitting work endangering lives

 

 

Registration class name changes

The Board has announced changes to the journeyman and tradesman registration class names from 1 April 2025.

 

Whangārei man ordered to pay $4,100 reparation for unauthorised gasfitting

A Whangārei man who led two homeowners to believe “he was the man for the job” completed gasfitting work when he was not authorised to work unsupervised.

The man was sentenced in the Whangārei District Court in August 2024 on two charges of unauthorised gasfitting for work done at two Whangārei properties in 2022.

Man serving four-year fraud conviction found guilty of working as an unlicensed plumber

Bryan Martin was sentenced in the Manukau District Court in July on charges of unlawfully completing sanitary plumbing work and falsely advertising himself as a plumber.

District Court sentencing

Sentencing in the Porirua District Court for unauthorised sanitary plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying work.