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The union representing workers in different construction, engineering, and service trades.

New Zealand Building Subcontractors’ Federation

An organisation representing different building subcontractors.

New Zealand Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board

Information for the public and tradespeople about plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying.

Samuel Parnell

Information about the carpenter who is considered the father of the eight-hour working day in New Zealand.

The Electrical Contractors Association of New Zealand

The association that represents New Zealand registered electricians.

Ferguson, Gael. Building the New Zealand dream. Palmerston North: Dunmore; Wellington: Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1994.

Knight, Hardwicke. Buildings of Dunedin: an illustrated architectural guide to New Zealand’s Victorian city. Dunedin: John McIndoe, 1988.

Mill, Alec. History of the electrical wiring regulations in New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Electricity, 1979.

Olssen, Erik. Building the new world: work, politics and society in Caversham, 1880s–1920s. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.

Otago Master Plumbers’, Gasfitters’ and Drainlayers’ Association. The Master Plumbers of Otago: commemorating the first hundred years. Dunedin: Otago Master Plumbers’, Gasfitters’ and Drainlayers’ Association: 1997.

Pearce, G. L. The pioneer craftsmen of New Zealand. Auckland: Collins, 1982.