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Fire code: Pouring cold water on a sprinkler ‘in every home’

Developers say Fire & Emergency’s updated water supply code is overreach and will come with significant fishhooks.

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Fire & Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) has paid Beca $2.4 million over the past 10 years for “monitoring services”, as an assurance that its code of practice for water availability would be adopted by local government.

The top billing year for the engineering consultancy's services to Fenz was

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Brent Melville Thu, 23 Apr 2026
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