Programme
The NZCB Conference and Expo 2026 offers a dynamic two-day programme designed to inspire, educate, and connect building professionals from across the country.
Learning & Technical Sessions
Our Learning & Technical Sessions will bring builders, business owners, and industry leaders together in an interactive, discussion-driven format. Instead of one-way delivery, these sessions will feature member panels, group conversations, and shared insights that spark engagement and real connection.
Topics will range from emerging technologies and AI to business operations, HR, administration, and industry-specific technical issues. Each session is designed to give you fresh perspectives, peer-driven strategies, and ideas you can put into practice across your business and on site.
LBP Points Available
Conference attendance makes you eligible to collect LBP points. Points are allocated through the sessions you attend, with a certificate of attendance provided for each session. These certificates can be used to support your LBP submissions.
Learning & Technical Sessions
Our Learning & Technical Sessions will bring builders, business owners, and industry leaders together in an interactive, discussion-driven format. Instead of one-way delivery, these sessions will feature member panels, group conversations, and shared insights that spark engagement and real connection.
Topics will range from emerging technologies and AI to business operations, HR, administration, and industry-specific technical issues. Each session is designed to give you fresh perspectives, peer-driven strategies, and ideas you can put into practice across your business and on site.
LBP Points Available
Conference attendance makes you eligible to collect LBP points. Points are allocated through the sessions you attend, with a certificate of attendance provided for each session. These certificates can be used to support your LBP submissions.
Programme outline
Day 1: Friday 5 June
7:45am Registration desk open
8:30am Mihi whakatau
8:45am Conference opening: MC Jeremy Corbett
9:00am NZCB Welcome
9:15am Opening Keynote: Gilbert Enoka
10:15am Apprentice Challenge Finalist Profiles
11:00am Morning tea & Expo Opening
11:45am Learning Lab, Member Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
12:30pm Lunch & Expo
1:30pm Learning Lab, Member Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
3:05pm Expo
3:45pm Partner Spotlight: Construction Growth Foundation
4:00pm Closing Keynote: Shamubeel Eaqub
5:00pm Happy Hours
Day 2: Saturday 6 June
8:00am Registration desk open
8:15am NZCB AGM + Extended Q&A with Board and Chief Executive
10:00am Morning tea & Expo
10:45am Learning Lab, Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
11:45am MBIE/Specialist Panel: Compliance, Code, Regulation
12:30pm Lunch & Expo
1:30pm Learning Lab, Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
2:15pm Expo
2:45pm Apprentice Challenge Finalist Presentations
3:45pm Conference closing
4:00pm Conclusion of Day 2
Note: programme timings subject to change
Day 1: Friday 5 June
7:45am Registration desk open
8:30am Mihi whakatau
8:45am Conference opening: MC Jeremy Corbett
9:00am NZCB Welcome
9:15am Opening Keynote: Gilbert Enoka
10:15am Apprentice Challenge Finalist Profiles
11:00am Morning tea & Expo Opening
11:45am Learning Lab, Member Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
12:30pm Lunch & Expo
1:30pm Learning Lab, Member Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
3:05pm Expo
3:45pm Partner Spotlight: Construction Growth Foundation
4:00pm Closing Keynote: Shamubeel Eaqub
5:00pm Happy Hours
Day 2: Saturday 6 June
8:00am Registration desk open
8:15am NZCB AGM + Extended Q&A with Board and Chief Executive
10:00am Morning tea & Expo
10:45am Learning Lab, Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
11:45am MBIE/Specialist Panel: Compliance, Code, Regulation
12:30pm Lunch & Expo
1:30pm Learning Lab, Panel & Deep Dive concurrent sessions
2:15pm Expo
2:45pm Apprentice Challenge Finalist Presentations
3:45pm Conference closing
4:00pm Conclusion of Day 2
Note: programme timings subject to change
Gala Dinner
2026 NZCB Awards and Gala Dinner
Saturday 6 June 2026
Pre-dinner drinks - 6:30pm
Dinner - 7:00 pm to midnight
Dress code: Formal attire/ black tie
Wrap up the NZCB Conference in style at the 2026 Gala Dinner
Celebrate in style as we close out the conference with the Gala Dinner, a highlight of our annual event. Enjoy an evening of recognition, entertainment, and celebration. The top three and winner of the 2026 Apprentice Challenge will be announced at the Gala Dinner – an event that uplifts the future leaders and emerging talent in our industry.
Your ticket includes a plated dinner and access to a limited bar tab to keep the festivities flowing.
With live music, great company, and plenty of opportunities to hit the dance floor, it’s part of the Conference and Expo weekend you don’t want to miss.
Ticket pricing:
Member $175 + GST
Non-member $199 + GST
Exhibitor/Sponsor $199 + GST
Group booking: Purchase a table of 10 and receive a 10% discount. Enquire now with the Conference Organiser.
Saturday 6 June 2026
Pre-dinner drinks - 6:30pm
Dinner - 7:00 pm to midnight
Dress code: Formal attire/ black tie
Wrap up the NZCB Conference in style at the 2026 Gala Dinner
Celebrate in style as we close out the conference with the Gala Dinner, a highlight of our annual event. Enjoy an evening of recognition, entertainment, and celebration. The top three and winner of the 2026 Apprentice Challenge will be announced at the Gala Dinner – an event that uplifts the future leaders and emerging talent in our industry.
Your ticket includes a plated dinner and access to a limited bar tab to keep the festivities flowing.
With live music, great company, and plenty of opportunities to hit the dance floor, it’s part of the Conference and Expo weekend you don’t want to miss.
Ticket pricing:
Member $175 + GST
Non-member $199 + GST
Exhibitor/Sponsor $199 + GST
Group booking: Purchase a table of 10 and receive a 10% discount. Enquire now with the Conference Organiser.
Behind the Build
Thursday 4 June
Kick start your NZCB Conference and Expo experience with us at the Behind the Build Site Tour — a full-day experience
Details for the Behind the Build Site Tour are being confirmed. Please check the NZCB Conference Website and keep an eye out in the membership e-newsletter InTouch for updates.
Note: If tickets are still available two weeks out from the conference, we will open up sales to non-attending members in the Auckland region.
Approximate timings:
8:00am Pick up at NZICC
9:00am Site 1: Eastern Terminal Integration Project a Auckland Airport
11:30am Brunch
1:15pm Site 2: Cabjaks
2:45pm High Performer Building Hub
5:00pm Return to NZICC
Eastern Terminal Integration Project at Auckland Airport
The Eastern Terminal Integration Project at Auckland Airport involves extensive and complex construction activities within a live operational environment. Key elements of the project include:
Hawkins is dedicated to ensuring the success of the Eastern Terminal Integration Project at Auckland Airport. Our focus on health, safety & wellbeing, innovative design problem-solving, and collaborative teamwork ensures that we effectively manage the complexities of this challenging environment. With a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within scope. Hawkins has a long-standing relationship with Auckland Airport where safety and wellbeing is paramount and delivery with success in this challenging environment.
PPE: You will require steel cap boots, long sleeves and trousers for this tour; you are welcome to bring your own hard hat (must have a strap), hi-vis and safety glasses, (although these will be supplied by NZCB) and gloves (optional).
Cabjaks
Cabjaks is excited to welcome members to a tour of their manufacturing, assembly and showroom facilities in Pakuranga, Auckland during the 2026 NZ Certified Builders Conference. Cabjaks is one of very few scale manufacturers in NZ producing kitchen, laundry and bathroom cabinets, as well as wardrobe solutions. Cabjaks is the only scale manufacturer producing fully assembled cabinets using a glue and dowel method in an automated press.
Our team welcomes the opportunity to showcase our operations and provide insights into cabinet production as well as tips and tricks for design and installation. The trip will have four key sessions, being "Board to Components” where our scale manufacturing is showcased alongside our bench top production. “Component to Customer” covers the assembly of components into finished cabinetry for dispatch nationwide. Our showroom team will cover "Design to Order” where NZCB members learn the ins and outs of design and planning and lastly “Installation to Satisfaction” where tips on installation of cabinetry and wardrobes will leave attendees feeling better informed and ready to take on their next joinery challenge.
No PPE gear required - ear plugs will be provided
High Performer Building Hub
A tour of the High Performer Building Hub offers a hands-on look at some of the latest products, systems, and innovations shaping the future of construction in New Zealand. Visitors explore a curated space showcasing high-performance materials, acoustic solutions, glazing, flooring, lighting, and smart building technologies; all designed to improve how buildings are designed, built, and lived in. The tour highlights real-world applications, allowing architects, builders, and industry professionals to see, touch, and discuss products while connecting with the brands and ideas driving better building practices.
No PPE gear required
Thursday 4 June
Kick start your NZCB Conference and Expo experience with us at the Behind the Build Site Tour — a full-day experience
Details for the Behind the Build Site Tour are being confirmed. Please check the NZCB Conference Website and keep an eye out in the membership e-newsletter InTouch for updates.
Note: If tickets are still available two weeks out from the conference, we will open up sales to non-attending members in the Auckland region.
Approximate timings:
8:00am Pick up at NZICC
9:00am Site 1: Eastern Terminal Integration Project a Auckland Airport
11:30am Brunch
1:15pm Site 2: Cabjaks
2:45pm High Performer Building Hub
5:00pm Return to NZICC
Eastern Terminal Integration Project at Auckland Airport
The Eastern Terminal Integration Project at Auckland Airport involves extensive and complex construction activities within a live operational environment. Key elements of the project include:
- Demolition: Existing Eastern Baggage Hall, operational control centre, transitional waste facility and airside access security checkpoint.
- Construction of the Eastern Baggage Hall – Ground Floor: Creating a new facility to enhance baggage handling capabilities.
- Expansion of the Terminal – Level 1 & 2: Adding additional floors to increase terminal capacity.
- Development of a Shell Structure: Level 1 - Security screening, airside dwell and domestic connections. Level 2 – Extension of existing lounges.
- Replacement of Power Centre 11 (PC11): Upgrading to new Power Centres PC68 and PC69, including a comprehensive Decarbonation Mechanical Plant.
Hawkins is dedicated to ensuring the success of the Eastern Terminal Integration Project at Auckland Airport. Our focus on health, safety & wellbeing, innovative design problem-solving, and collaborative teamwork ensures that we effectively manage the complexities of this challenging environment. With a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within scope. Hawkins has a long-standing relationship with Auckland Airport where safety and wellbeing is paramount and delivery with success in this challenging environment.
PPE: You will require steel cap boots, long sleeves and trousers for this tour; you are welcome to bring your own hard hat (must have a strap), hi-vis and safety glasses, (although these will be supplied by NZCB) and gloves (optional).
Cabjaks
Cabjaks is excited to welcome members to a tour of their manufacturing, assembly and showroom facilities in Pakuranga, Auckland during the 2026 NZ Certified Builders Conference. Cabjaks is one of very few scale manufacturers in NZ producing kitchen, laundry and bathroom cabinets, as well as wardrobe solutions. Cabjaks is the only scale manufacturer producing fully assembled cabinets using a glue and dowel method in an automated press.
Our team welcomes the opportunity to showcase our operations and provide insights into cabinet production as well as tips and tricks for design and installation. The trip will have four key sessions, being "Board to Components” where our scale manufacturing is showcased alongside our bench top production. “Component to Customer” covers the assembly of components into finished cabinetry for dispatch nationwide. Our showroom team will cover "Design to Order” where NZCB members learn the ins and outs of design and planning and lastly “Installation to Satisfaction” where tips on installation of cabinetry and wardrobes will leave attendees feeling better informed and ready to take on their next joinery challenge.
No PPE gear required - ear plugs will be provided
High Performer Building Hub
A tour of the High Performer Building Hub offers a hands-on look at some of the latest products, systems, and innovations shaping the future of construction in New Zealand. Visitors explore a curated space showcasing high-performance materials, acoustic solutions, glazing, flooring, lighting, and smart building technologies; all designed to improve how buildings are designed, built, and lived in. The tour highlights real-world applications, allowing architects, builders, and industry professionals to see, touch, and discuss products while connecting with the brands and ideas driving better building practices.
No PPE gear required
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