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Regulatory guides for New Zealand contractors and tradies, covering LBP registration, WorkSafe NZ requirements, Building Code compliance, and IRD obligations.

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Building Amendment Bill: What Mandatory Home Warranties Would Mean for Builders

Builder in a black work shirt and tool belt reading a clipboard on a gravel drive, timber framing for an extension beside a weatherboard house and a white ute parked behind

The Building Amendment Bill would make a home warranty compulsory on consented new homes and on renovations of $100,000 or more with restricted building work, and switch to proportionate liability. What it would change for builders, and where it stands before the election.

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October 21, 2026

New Zealand

Granny Flat Exemption: No Building Consent, Plenty of Paperwork

Builder in a hi-vis vest holding rolled plans looks up at a newly finished single-storey weatherboard dwelling on a back section

The exemption removes the building consent and nothing else. The Building Code, the licensing rules, the council fees and the completion filing all stay exactly where they were.

SendWork Editorial Desk
October 7, 2026

Building Amendment Bill: What Mandatory Home Warranties Would Mean for Builders

Granny Flat Exemption: No Building Consent, Plenty of Paperwork

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