Story: Building trades

More links and websites

• E tū

  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.

More suggestions and sources

• 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.