News and notices
Keep up to date with news from the Board.
Sign up now to get our email newsletters.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board Meet and Greet Schedule 2025
These meetings are an opportunity for you to meet the Board when they are visiting your region in 2025.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 387th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 September 2024 in Nelson and Auckland.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 386th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Wednesday 21 to Thursday 22 August 2024 in Wellington.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 385th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Thursday 18 July 2024 via Zoom.
-
Unlicensed electrical and plumbing worker sentenced for dangerous work, fined
Graeme Paul Leo Kyle was sentenced for carrying out electrical and plumbing work while unlicensed at a Dannevirke property that risked the health and safety of the property and its occupants.
-
Electrical Worker Licensing update – Grandparenting process
A new registration framework for Licensed Electrical Workers will take effect on 1 September 2024. All Licensed Electrical Workers need to be aware of the changes and what they mean for them.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 384th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 June 2024 in Wellington
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 383rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held over Zoom on 16 to 17 May 2024.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 382nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 17 to 19 April 2024.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 381st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 21 to 22 March 2024.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 380th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington on 21 to 23 February 2024.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 378th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Palmerston North on 15 November and Wellington on 16 to 17 November.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 377th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 18 to 20 October.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 376th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 20 and 21 September.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 375th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington on 16 and 17 August.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 374th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 19, 20 and 21 July.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 373rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington (21 and 22 June) and New Plymouth (23 June).
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 372nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington (17 and 18 May) and Tauranga (19 May).
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 371st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland (19 and 20 April 2023) and Christchurch (21 April 2023).
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 370th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland on the 15 and 16 March 2023.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 369th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on the 15 and 16 February.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board Meet and Greet Schedule 2023
These meetings are an opportunity for you to meet the Board when they are visiting your region in 2023.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 368th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held over Zoom on the 13 and 14 December.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 367th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held over Zoom on 16 and 17 November.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 366th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington, 18 October and Napier, 19 to 20 October.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 365th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland on 21-23 September.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 364th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Christchurch on 17 and 18 August and Blenheim on 19 August.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 363rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 19 to 21 July.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 362nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings - 21 & 22 June - Wellington, 23 June - Rotorua
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 361st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings - 18 May - Auckland, 19 May - Auckland, 20 May - Whangarei.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 360th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings - 20 April Christchurch, 21 April Timaru and 22 April Queenstown.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 359th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being via Zoom on 17 March 2022.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 358th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland and via Zoom on 15-17 February 2022.
-
Electrical Workers Online Customer Survey
Thank you again to those that took the time to participate in our online survey last year. We have now had the opportunity to review the survey results, feedback, and suggestions for improvement submitted.
-
2021 Annual Report of the Electrical Workers Registration Board
The 2021 Annual Report of the Electrical Workers Registration Board is now available on our website.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 357th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via Zoom on 13-14 December 2021.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 356th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via Zoom on 17-19 November 2021.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 355th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via Zoom on 20-21 October 2021.
-
Impacted services: RealMe login outage
RealMe services are being upgraded from 9pm Friday 9 April to 9pm Sunday 11 April. Online services requiring Realme login will be unavailable during this time.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 348th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland 17-19 March 2021.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 347th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington 18 February 2021.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 346th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Christchurch 18-20 November 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 345th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland on 21 and 22 October 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 344th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via video conference on 17 September 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 343rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via video conference on 19-21 August 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 342nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 22-23 June 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 341st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Auckland on 17-19 June 2020.
-
COVID-19 Update
At COVID-19 Alert Level 1, our services are operating normally.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 340th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via video conference on 20 and 21 May 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 339th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via video conference on 22 and 23 April 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 338th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Auckland on 18-20 March 2020
-
Applications are open to join the EWRB
The Minister for Building and Construction, the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment is seeking applications to be a member of the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB).
-
Profile of an EWRB member
Electron profile on Mike Macklin, the Deputy Presiding Member of Electrical Workers Registration Board.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 337th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 20 February 2020, and Wellington / Palmerston North on 21 February 2020.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 336th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 20th of November, and Christchurch on 21st and 22nd November
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 335th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 16th of October, Levin on 17th October and New Plymouth on 18th October
-
Changes to registrar operating model
MBIE recently undertook an independent review to assess the licenced building practitioner (LBP) and electrical worker (EW) registrar operating model.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 333rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 21-22 August 2019
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 332nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington, Timaru and Dunedin on 17-19 July 2019
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 331st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Auckland on 19-21 June 2019
-
Toolbox - installing data telecommunication cables in electrical installations.
The team have added a new article to the electrical workers toolbox called ‘What do I need to know about installing data and telecommunication cables?’
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 330th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington, Whangarei and Auckland on 22-24 May 2019
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 329th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington, Palmerston North and Auckland on 16-18 April 2019.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 328th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga on 20-22 March 2019.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 327th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland and Wellington on 20-22 February 2019.
-
Registrar Electrical Worker Registration Board appointed
Duncan Connor has been appointed Registrar of Electrical Workers by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 326th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland and Wellington on 12-14 December 2018.
-
Consultation Outcome: EW fees review
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has run a consultation process on reviewing the fees for Electrical Workers.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 325th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington, New Plymouth and Auckland on 21-23 November 2018.
-
Electrical Workers Registration Board 324th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Auckland on 17-19 October 2018.