News and media releases
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Unauthorised version of AS/NZS 3000:2018 Wiring Rules is not safe
15/06/2018Standards New Zealand has been made aware of a document circulating on social media purporting to be the new edition of the AS/NZS 3000:2018 Electrical Installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules). This document is not authorised by Standards New Zealand.
Electricians are warned not to use the unauthorised document under any circumstances because it is not safe to do so.
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Waiving of commissioning fee for joint AS/NZS adoptions of international standards
13/06/2018Standards Australia (SA) and Standards New Zealand (Standards NZ), have agreed to implement a 12-month pilot where the commissioning fees for joint standards development projects for the identical adoption of ISO and IEC standards would be waived. The agreement applies to projects initiated on 8 May 2018 or later.
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ISO new work item proposal – Glass clarity – Classification and test method
06/04/2018Standards New Zealand is seeking feedback from relevant stakeholders on the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) proposal for the development of a new standard, ‘Tableware, giftware, jewellery, luminaries — Glass clarity — Classification and test method’
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Public consultation on timber standards NZS 3640 and NZS 3602
29/03/2018Public consultation on the draft revisions of NZS 3640 Chemical preservation of round and sawn timber (DZ3640) and NZS 3602 Timber and wood based products for use in buildings (DZ3602) ends on 6 April 2018. The purpose of this communication is to provide information and clarity on the standards development process for these projects, as well as to encourage you to submit feedback on the two drafts, through the public consultation process
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Growing the pool of experts on standards development committees
13/03/2018Here at Standards New Zealand, we’re focused on deepening the pool of technical experts on standards development committees. A larger base of willing committee members will help us to ensure we have a sustainable and robust standards development process, and can manage wider work programmes where several projects can be executed at the same time.
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Still in transition to ISO 9001:2015?
29/01/2018We are less than a year away from the deadline for those certified to ISO 9001:2008 to make the transition to ISO 9001:2015 (in New Zealand to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2016). ISO outlined a transition period of 3 years for those with accredited certification to the 2008 standard to arrange recertification to the newer standard, and this period will end on 15 September 2018.
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Standards New Zealand office Christmas closure
15/12/2017The Standards New Zealand office will close for the holiday break on Friday, 22 December 2017 and reopen on Monday, 8 January 2018.
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Project proposals for standards development
27/10/2017Standards Australia has published a list of Received Project Proposals for Round 15 Project Prioritisation
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Public consultation: TS3404 Steel corrosion protection
22/09/2017The draft for TS 3404 Steel corrosion protection is available for public comment . All comments submitted during this period are reviewed by the development committee before the technical specification is balloted on.
The closing date for comments is 16 October 2017.
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New standard to target meth-contaminated properties
29/06/2017Standards New Zealand has today released NZS 8510:2017 Testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties, which will provide industry guidance on good practice methods in the testing and clean-up of methamphetamine contamination in houses.