More than 700 builders will come together in Rotorua on 25-26 May to celebrate the 20thAnniversary of NZCB, which was established to raise standards across the building industry, and to canvass key issues at a time when the sector remains under pressure from growing demand.

The New Zealand building industry is renowned for being conservative but a Christchurch-based company, Buildmeup, is set to change all that with a new way for people to build their homes on line.

National Geographic is launching a multiyear ‘Planet or Plastic?’ campaign to encourage consumers to reduce single-use plastics.

Top Hawke’s Bay apprentice Matthew Macaulay is a bright spark in the trades.  From Hastings, Matt qualified as a horticulturist and then as a boilermaker before deciding to pursue an electrical engineering apprenticeship, studying at EIT.

Ingram Micro has been appointed as a distributor of Huawei in New Zealand, signing up the tech giant a matter of months after parting ways with Cisco.

Deal highlights demand for agricultural automation technology; follows recent investment from Yamaha Motor Co. to accelerate company’s growth.

BASF has opened a new laboratory and technical development centre for its dispersions and resins business in Australia and New Zealand.

As part of its continuous review of its marine lubricants logistics offering, Shell Marine has expanded its distribution network into New Zealand, also adding three new key locations to its delivery options – in Indonesia, Spain and Chile.

Made in New Zealand. Four words that attract a premium price. But who says what’s Kiwi made and what’s not?

Concerns of an impending aggregates shortage in New Zealand are throwing uncertainty on the viability of several projects writes Talia Paz Quarry magazine.