April 2019 Issue

Riki Lum was named the winner of the National Excavator Operator Competition following two days of intense competition against the country’s top excavator operators at […]

It’s time for carpentry apprentices from across New Zealand to show off their skills and build their career by competing for the coveted title of […]

By RMBA CEO David Kelly   MBIE forecasts show sustained construction sector growth for the next six years, with between $35 billion to $40 billion […]

By Tradie HR director Leigh Olsen   On April 1, 2019, a new Act called The Domestic Violence – Victims Protection Act came into force. […]

By Architect Don Bunting   If you had an unlimited budget for your dream home would you be more likely to aim for the audacity […]

Plans are afoot to replace the Wynyard Crossing pedestrian bridge that links Auckland’s city centre to the waterfront with a new, more reliable bridge. The […]

By Terry Sage, Trades Coaching New Zealand   Who said miracles never happen, or dreams don’t come true? Somebody even said nobody reads my hard […]

By Tim Bates and Sabina Boyd, Legal Vision   In the High Court decision of Urlich v Far North District Council and others (“the council”), […]

By Architect Don Bunting   I find myself falling back on the above rhetorical response more and more as current events unfold. Whether it is […]

20 years ago — March 1999: • Skill New Zealand, the new identity for the Education Training and Support Agency (ETSA), formally approved the new […]

By RMBA president Darrell Trigg   There is a lot of information at the moment highlighting the issue of mental health and well-being in many […]

A container transformed into a high-spec tiny home was sold recently with proceeds going to cancer charity Look Good Feel Better. More than 100 people […]