Plumbers, Gasfitters
and Drainlayers Board
News and podcasts
Repeat offender fined $14,000 after illegal gasfitting posed "extreme risk" to public safety
Date: 21/10/2026
Repeat offender fined $14,000 after illegal gasfitting posed “extreme risk” to public safety
New Safe and Skilled episode: the Board's disciplinary hearing process
Date: 11/09/2026
What practitioners can expect if a complaint progresses to a disciplinary hearing
New Safe and Skilled ep: What work can you self-certify
Date: 9/09/2026
What plumbing and drainlaying work can be self-certified under the new scheme and what work is excluded.
New Safe and Skilled ep: Self-certification inspections and Codes of Compliance
Date: 8/09/2026
What happens once you’re endorsed and ready to use self-certification on a job
New Safe and Skilled ep: Getting endorsed for self-certification
Date: 7/09/2026
How to get endorsed for self-certification through your Trade Login
New Safe and Skilled podcast episode on the Board's complaints process
Date: 26/08/2026
What happens when a complaint is made about your work?
New Safe and Skilled podcast on sanitary plumbing and drainage systems
Date: 29/07/2026
Sanitary plumbing and drainage systems — understanding how the system behaves
New Safe and Skilled podcast on the importance of documenting work
Date: 29/06/2026
Why documentation matters in plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying.
New Safe and Skilled podcast on the role of the Board
Date: 22/06/2026
New Safe and Skilled podcast episodes now available
Date: 29/05/2026
Safe and Skilled episode 5: Prepare for lead-free plumbing
Date: 21/04/2026
Prepare for lead-free plumbing
Date: 15/04/2026
Man fined $8,000 for illegal plumbing and drainlaying at five Wānaka and Cromwell properties
Date: 8/04/2026
International Women's Day 2026
Date: 8/03/2026
Safe and Skilled Episode 4: How to be a great supervisor
Date: 4/03/2026
Safe and Skilled Episode 3: Vocational education reforms
Date: 2/03/2026
Safe and Skilled Episode 3: Vocational education reforms and what they mean for practitioners
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board Chair and Deputy Chair reappointed
Date: 18/02/2026
Safe and Skilled Episode 2: Granny Flat exemptions: six things to know
Date: 3/02/2026
Safe and Skilled Episode 1: Self-certification; a practical explainer for plumbers and drainlayers
Date: 30/01/2026
Self-Certification for plumbing and drainlaying
Date: 29/10/2025
Freedom camping vehicle owners encouraged to act early on new certification rules
Date: 27/08/2025
Man posed as a plumber and drainlayer, illegally worked on elderly neighbours’ home
Date: 23/06/2025
$4,319 reparation awarded for illegal drainlaying done by previous owner
Date: 17/04/2025
International Women's Day 2025 - Diana Kuhtz-Covich
Date: 8/03/2025
New Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board Chair and Deputy Chair appointed
Date: 14/02/2025
CONZTRUCT partnering with Reece and PGDB to deliver CPD
Date: 30/01/2025
Man fined $8,000 for issuing fake gas certificates and carrying out unsafe gasfitting work endangering lives
Date: 2/12/2024
Registration class name changes
Date: 29/11/2024
The one-year transition period for the 2023 Building Code update has ended
Date: 18/11/2024
Board response to Government’s self-certification scheme announcement
Date: 30/10/2024
Board member appointments
Date: 30/09/2024
Two new Board members started their terms this month
Waihanga Ara Rau making it easy for you to have your say in the future structure of the vocational education system
Date: 9/08/2024
Update to Regulations - August 2024
Date: 1/08/2024
Unlicensed electrical and plumbing worker sentenced for dangerous work, fined
Date: 26/06/2024
Joint media release Electrical Workers Registration Board and Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board
International Women's Day 2024
Date: 8/03/2024
Women make up about 2% of registered plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers in Aotearoa. Ahead of #IWD2024, we spoke to Billie McDonnell, Certifying Drainlayer, Tradesman Plumber and Gasfitter.
Board elections 2024
Date: 13/02/2024
The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (the Board) held elections today at their first meeting of the year.
Introducing the self-contained vehicles regulatory system
Date: 7/12/2023
Today marks the first day of the new self-contained vehicles system in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Have your say on PGDB consultations
Date: 22/09/2023
We want to hear from you
Guidance on removal of flue cowls/terminals
Date: 17/08/2023
Guidance on removal of flue cowls/terminals
MEDIA RELEASE | Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board to regulate certifiers of self-contained vehicles
Date: 7/06/2023
Yesterday the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (the SCV Act) was assented by the Governor-General and passed into law.
MEDIA RELEASE | Board Elections 2023
Date: 20/02/2023
Board Chair re-appointed, new Deputy Chair elected; industry response to Gabrielle