October – November 2011

News articles archived from October – November 2011.

Revised Standard on rural and urban addressing of significant community and national benefit

23 November 2011 A newly revised Australian/New Zealand Standard on rural and urban addressing will...more

New appointment at Standards New Zealand – Derek Baxter

23 November 2011 Standards New Zealand's Chief Executive Debbie Chin is delighted to announce the a...more

Consumer safety Standards update – life jackets, trampolines, pedestrian safety, and escalators

23 November 2011 Amendment clarifies Standard for open-waters life jackets ...more

New international business Standards – improving IT security, crisis management, W3C web services, and C++ programming language

23 November 2011 Information security incident management – new ISO/IEC Standard ...more

Electric vehicles ready to charge ahead – two new IEC Standards

23 November 2011 The publication of two International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) electric ...more

Carbon footprinting – revised BSI Standard available free

23 November 2011 The British Standards Institute (BSI) has published a revised edition of the Speci...more

Economic benefits of Standards – international case studies

23 November 2011 The International Organization for Standardization has published a new series of i...more

Security officers Standard published

28 October 2011 A new Standard for guard and patrol security services specifies the perceived min...more

International Standards create confidence globally – World Standards Day 14 October 2011

14 October 2011 World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the eff...more

Timber-framed buildings – new Handbook published and Advisory Note issued

14 October 2011 SNZ HB 3604 Handbook to NZS 3604:2011 – available now ...more

Electrical update – NZ-only Amendment A to wiring rules published and new video resource available

14 October 2011 Wiring rules AS/NZS 3000 – New Zealand-only Amendment A published New video res...more

Home and community support sector Standard – draft Standard available for comment

14 October 2011 The draft Home and community support sector Standard DZ 8158 (a revision of NZS 8...more

Continuous improvement helps Standards New Zealand to create value through standardisation

14 October 2011 Standards New Zealand has recently been recertified as compliant to AS/NZS ISO 90...more

Reducing the environmental impacts of products and services – new ISO Standard

14 October 2011 Environmental management systems – Guidelines for incorporating ecodesign I...more