Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 2:04 pm The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has opened consultation on options to improve the regulation of the engineering profession. “While the majority of engineering professionals in New Zealand are skilled and highly professional, there are gaps in the system for regulating the profession that need to be addressed,” says Amy Moorhead, MBIE’s Building Policy Manager. “MBIE is consulting on options to improve the public’s confidence in the profession by ensuring engineers operating in New Zealand are competent, behave ethically, and are held to account.” The proposal being consulted on is to establish: · a new