About NZ Asbestos Removal
NZ Asbestos Removal sells one thing at a published price: an asbestos test, $249 including GST for a surveyor visit and one sample analysed by an IANZ-accredited laboratory. If the result is positive we arrange removal at one fixed written quote, carried out by a WorkSafe-licensed partner we name on the quote. We are not a licence holder and we do not do removal work ourselves.
Why this exists
Look up asbestos in New Zealand and you get three kinds of site. Removers who will not tell you a price until someone has stood in your hallway. Consultancies who publish a testing price but stop at the report. Cost blogs and marketplaces that quote a range and then hand your phone number to three tradies.
Nobody sells the test online at a fixed price, explains the Class A and Class B rules against the actual regulation numbers, and then runs the removal under one quote with the licence holder named. That is the gap this business is in.
What we do and what we do not
- We do:take the booking, publish the price, brief the surveyor, pass on the laboratory's report unedited, put the removal quote together, and stay your single contact through to the clearance certificate.
- We do not: hold a WorkSafe asbestos licence, take samples ourselves, analyse them, do removal work, or issue clearance certificates. Those are four other parties, and the how-it-works page names each one.
- We will not: sell a DIY sampling kit, sell your enquiry to three removers, publish a price we cannot source, or describe the risk in your particular house. The laboratory report and the clearance assessor speak for the material; we do not.
We are not a licence holder. NZ Asbestos Removal is not a WorkSafe asbestos licence holder. Removal we arrange is carried out by licensed partners named, with their licence class and number, on each quote.
About the name
"NZ Asbestos Removal" is a trading name. It describes what customers come here to get done, not a licence we hold. Because a name with "Removal" in it could be read the wrong way in a licensed trade, the disclosure sentence sits in the footer of every page, beside every mention of removal, on the quote itself and on its own page. Every partner's licence class and number is checkable on the WorkSafe asbestos licence holder register before you accept anything.
How we choose partners
Before a remover does a job we have arranged, we check:
- Their WorkSafe licence class and number, and that the register shows it as Current — not suspended, expired or cancelled.
- Their public liability cover, in writing.
- Who does their clearance inspections, and that that person is genuinely independent of them, as reg 41 requires.
- Which authorised disposal site the waste goes to, and that dockets come back.
For surveyors: their competence and qualifications, which IANZ-accredited laboratory they use, their visit rate and their turnaround. Applications come through the partners page.
Where we are up to
Being straight about this is more useful than pretending. As at 15 September 2026, no region has a subcontracted surveyor or licensed remover, so no card is charged: every booking button joins a waitlist and tells you which region you are on. Pages for Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch exist because those are the three regions we are contracting first.
The rules, cost and guide pages are complete, sourced and useful today whether or not you ever buy anything from us. That is deliberate. Read the editorial policy for what we publish and how it is checked.
Who you are dealing with
NZ Asbestos Removal.
Email hello@nz-asbestos-removal.co.nz. Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm. We aim to reply within 1 working day.