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Recognition notices published for Approved Products Certified Overseas

Posted: 22 September 2025

Homeowner and retail employee looking at tapware products in a retail store.
The first set of Approved Products Certified Overseas recognition notices have been published. The recognition notices can be used in a building consent application from 1 October 2025.

This first set of recognition notices confirm that selected plumbing and drainage products certified under the Australian WaterMark scheme meet specific clauses of the New Zealand Building Code. 

They cover:

  • approximately 92,500 WaterMark products from the tapware category (products certified to AS 3718:2021 and other standards)
  • products conforming to joint AS/NZS standards that have linkages to the AS/NZ 3500 standard series.

The recognition notices outline which products certified overseas MBIE has recognised, supporting greater clarity and consistency in the building consent process.

Building consent authorities when assessing a building consent are required to accept products with a recognition notice when used within the conditions and limitations of their notice.

What is in each recognition notice

Each recognition notice outlines:

  • the relevant product categories and scope of application
  • applicable Building Code clauses (for example, B2, G12)
  • the standard that the product has been certified to and its link to the AS/NZS 3500 series
  • certificate numbers and expiry dates.

Recognition notices and how to use them

For all current recognition notices and how they are use in a building consent application, go to:
Recognition notices for Approved Products Certified Overseas

About the new overseas products and standards pathways

Publishing the Approved Products Certified Overseas recognition notices is part of a broader overseas products and standards workstream that introduced new pathways to make it easier to use compliant overseas products.

Future releases of recognition notices will expand the range of WaterMark-certified products available for use in New Zealand.

The Approved Products Certified Overseas recognition programme is designed to streamline consenting, reduce duplication, and improve certainty for designers, specifiers, and suppliers.

Further updates, training opportunities, and guidance will be provided as the programme progresses.

For more information:

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