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Resources on the new overseas products pathways

Last updated: 20 October 2025

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These resources and tools help designers and specifiers, manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers and building consent authorities understand how the new overseas standards and products pathways work and what benefits they will provide.

Video on the three new pathways

Watch the video 'Introducing the three new overseas products pathways' – youtube.com

Guidance document

Recognition of Overseas Products and Standards guidance [PDF 2MB]

This guidance document

  • explains the three new compliance pathways and the relevant provisions in the Building Act and regulations for:
    • Endorsed Standards
    • Building Product Specifications
    • Approved Products Certified Overseas
  • provides an overview of how MBIE will conduct the evaluation and recognition process for Endorsed Standards and Approved Products Certified Overseas
  • outlines the roles and responsibilities of key groups
  • explains how recognised overseas products and standards can be used in the consenting process.

Step-by-step guides

An example of the end-to-end process for Endorsed Standards and Approved Products Certified Overseas.

Step-by-step guide to Endorsed Standards. The building consent process [PDF 388KB]

Step-by-step guide to Approved Products Certified Overseas. The building consent process [PDF 381KB]

Infographics

Three infographics outlining how each pathway will work as part of the consenting process.

Building Product Specifications

Building Product Specifications infographic [PDF 859KB]

Approved Products Certified Overseas

 Approved Products Certified Overseas infographic [PDF 681KB]

Endorsed Standards

 Endorsed Standards infographic [PDF 1MB]

Webinars on the new overseas product pathways

The Building Performance Team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) held webinars on 9 and 10 June 2025, and on 13 August 2025, to provide an overview of the new legislation and answer questions submitted by industry.

June webinar presentation

Learn about three new pathways introduced to support the use of overseas products:

Removing barriers to overseas building products webinar June 2025 [PPTX 9MB]

Watch the removing barriers to overseas products video – youtube.com

August 2025 webinar presentation

Building Code update 2025 and Building Product Specifications and amended acceptable solutions and verification methods update.

Building Code update 2025 webinar August 2025 [PPTX 9MB]

Watch the Building Code update 2025 August webinar video – youtube.com

Summary on the background to the overseas product changes

Fact sheet: A quick summary of the Government’s initiatives to streamline the acceptance of overseas building products by building consent authorities:

Fact sheet: Removing barriers to using overseas products [PDF 258KB]

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This information is published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Chief Executive. It is a general guide only and, if used, does not relieve any person of the obligation to consider any matter to which the information relates according to the circumstances of the particular case. Expert advice may be required in specific circumstances. Where this information relates to assisting people: