NBL has been a business member of the New Zealand Certified Builders Association since 2004. As such NBL as full access to the latest range of building insurances and agreements.

The history of builders in the Newman family starts in the 1950’s when my father, John Newman, completed his building apprenticeship in New Plymouth. Several years later Mum and Dad moved to Tauranga and Dad established himself as a builder of integrity and quality. I was born in the late 60’s and from a very early age gravitated to the building site. Dad would give me building tasks and pay me per hour what I was worth. I can still remember as a 5-year-old being paid $0.50/hr for putting in noggins. Almost every hour of every school holiday was spent working on building sites. Each subsequent year I worked my growing skill set and work ethic was rewarded with elevated responsibility and better wages. As a young teenager I was framing, putting up trusses, putting up weather board, hanging doors, making concrete and operating all the power tools. As a 17 year old, in the early 80s, Dad would pay me $15/hr to read the house plans and pre-cut, label and stack, all the various wall framing items - plates, studs, trimmers, jacks, lintels, partition blocks, etc ready to nail together. Yes – that’s how we did it back then – there were no premade wall frames.

After completing 7th Form at High School I had no curiosity to be a builder. I went to Massey University and completed a Horticultural Science degree. Through my time at Massey I became aware of just how valuable having building skills are. I remember as a student building desks, book cases, beds bases, doing maintenance on various flats, framing and gibbing out sleepouts, building concrete block walls, and building a lean-too barn. I also found myself leaning toward the civil engineering side of horticulture. I decided to stay on at Massey and complete a Masters in Horticultural Science specialising in design of pumping/piping water systems and the design and operation of horticultural buildings such as cool stores, packing sheds, and greenhouses.

No matter your past experiences, we’re here to set things right.

 We’ll take the time to listen to what you want so you can sit back and feel confident knowing the outcome is everything you envisioned.

We complete large multi storey alterations and small bathroom/kitchen renovations. We build fences, retaining walls, decks, balconies, re-clads, office space alterations, contract work, insurance work, house maintenance work, and offer design and building advice. We do just about anything. We are not locked into a specific niche.

Rarely is the most expensive quote or the cheapest quote the right one to go with. At Newman Builders Ltd, we don’t try and pull the wool over your eyes and aim to deliver an accurate quote that takes all factors into consideration. 

To us, it’s about giving you the facts so you can make an informed decision. We don’t want to leave anything to chance and would never waste your time.