NEW ZEALANDBUILDERS PLATE
A New Zealand Builders Plate mounted inside a Fisher 800 Hard-Top vessel
NEW ZEALANDBUILDERS PLATE

Enjoy safe dayson the water.

A national vessel conformance scheme for safer boating in New Zealand.

  1. Who built it.
  2. What standard it was checked to.
  3. Who assessed it.

For the trade

Builders, importers & dealers

Apply for plates and maintain the information that supports them.

Apply for a plateUnderstand the plate

Boat owners can apply too, or register their boat at vesselregister.nz (opens in a new tab)

01BUILT FOR REAL BOATING

Know what was built. Know what was checked.

Unlike many countries, New Zealand does not require recreational vessels to meet a construction standard or carry the builder's name and capacity limits.

Without a credible record of who built it and which standards were applied, insurance can be harder or more expensive to get.

Through the NZBP scheme, builders, importers and owners can have their vessel assessed against globally recognised safety standards. Seamlessly working with the New Zealand Vessel Register (opens in a new tab), the plate provides a digital record, where the vessel's condition can be tracked throughout its life.

See what gets checked

02WHO IT’S FOR

For everyone behind a safer boat.

What underpins the NZBP?

Every NZBP boat is checked to a recognised standard by us, backed with evidence. See the standards we apply and what is checked when you go through the scheme.

Learn more

03HOW IT WORKS

Understand the plate.

A sample New Zealand Builders Plate for a Pelorus 7.5 Fishking built by Grandsea Boat Co, checked to AS 1799

Builder

Grandsea Boat Co

Who built the hull.

Identity

  1. BuilderGrandsea Boat Co

    Who built the hull.

  2. Imported byPelorus Marine Sales Ltd

    Who brought the boat into New Zealand or applied for its plate.

  3. Hull ID (HIN)CN-GBCDVR01C525

    A globally unique serial number for this vessel, identifying the manufacturer and date of manufacture.

Limits

  1. Max outboard200 kW · 348 kg

    The maximum power and weight of engine that can safely be used on the vessel. The weight also includes any fittings.

  2. Max persons6 · max 480 kg

    How many people can be on board at once, and their total combined weight.

  3. Max load890 kg

    The maximum weight that can be carried safely. This includes people, luggage, gear, and engine weight.

  4. BuoyancyLevel flotation

    How the vessel will float if it takes on water. Basic and level flotation

Assessment

  1. Checked toAS 1799

    The boatbuilding standard we checked the boat against.

  2. Assessed byNZBP Ltd

    Confidence that you can trust the information on the plate.

  3. QR codeNZ7K4M2R

    Scan the QR to open the vessel’s NZVR record. Learn more at NZVR (opens in a new tab)

    View the sample vessel record (opens in a new tab)

04THE TEAM

Independent expertise behind every plate.

Behind every plate is one team of accredited surveyors and chartered naval architects and engineers, the same team that operates the New Zealand Vessel Register.

Accredited surveyors with
IMCI · NMMA · AMSA · Maritime NZ
Chartered naval architects with
Engineering Council · RINA

The team behind the plate