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Building Consent Authority
Building consent authorities (BCAs) are officials who enforce New Zealand's regulatory building control system. The New Zealand Building Act 2004 sets out a registration and accreditation scheme and technical reviews. The Act creates operational roles for BCAs. Authorities The following are the approved building consent authorities listed on thMBIE Register Note that the register lists 80 BCAs but some of these are former territorial authorities that have been amalgamated into Auckland Council (such as Franklin District Council and North Shore City Council). Building consents on the Chatham Islands are contracted out to Wellington City Council and large dams on the Chatham's to Environment Canterbury. In addition to the regional and territorial authorities, Housing New Zealand made a decision in 2019 to establish Consentium, a national BCA in Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, Kāinga Ora, that is responsible for building consents for public housing (up to and including four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |