With education.
Through innovation.
Across generations.
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Welcome to HERA
HERA ensures the engineering sector in Aotearoa has the highest standards of training and support. Connecting and uplifting, we inspire smarter thinking and, in doing so, build for a better tomorrow.
Our mahi is a blend of rangahau (research), innovation, education and motivation. With specialist tools and expert insight we ensure our engineering industry is fit for purpose and futureproofed. Supporting our people to succeed helps our industry evolve, helps the wider community grow, helps our country thrive.
New resources
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This report analyses current and future steel stocks and flows in New Zealand.
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This guide covers key elements, considerations, and details on utilising high-strength steel (HSS) for bridge structures in New Zealand.
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This book is an outcome of a research project let by HERA and supported by the Endeavour Fund administered by Te Hīkina Whakatutuki – The…
Latest kōrero
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This month’s HERA levy data shows how steel import and welding consumable tonnages are tracking. It’s a quick, useful snapshot of what’s happening across the sector.
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What does it actually take to close heavy engineering’s capability gap? HERA reflects on the Advancing Women in Engineering & Construction (AWEC) Symposium and what…
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Structural fire calculations aren’t difficult. They’re repetitive. We may have found a better way to do them.
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The latest HERA levy data shows how tonnages are tracking across both raw steel imports and welding consumables, offering a useful snapshot of activity across…
Fresh podcasts
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We’re having a kōrero with Michael Allison, a civil engineer and Cambridge University MPhil graduate who researched steel circularity in Aotearoa New Zealand with HERA.
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What does it take to make a steel building truly earthquake ready? In this episode of Stirring the Pot, HERA’s lead research engineer Hafez pulls back the curtain on six years of…
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Thirty years in heavy engineering leaves a mark. Noel Davies is first up in Humans of Steel, our new series celebrating the people behind the work.