The directory
WorkSafe-licensed removalists,
listed by region.
12 operators across 8 NZ regions. 8 hold a current Class A licence (friable scope), 12 hold Class B (non-friable scope). Every listing names what they actually do well — not a brochure paragraph.
- Removalists listed
- 12
- Class A licensees
- 8
- Regions covered
- 8
North Island
Auckland
The country's largest housing stock and largest asbestos workload. Heavy concentration of pre-1980 weatherboard and stucco bungalows across the isthmus, plus the post-war state-house belt through Glen Innes, Mt Roskill, and Otahuhu. Both Class A and Class B licensees are well-resourced here, and the WorkSafe Auckland office handles a high share of national notifications.
Class A + B
14yPae Coastal Removals
West Auckland
Class A licensed; West Auckland based; strong pipeline through state-house belt renovations.
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Class A + B
19ySouthern Cross Hazmat
Auckland Central
Established Auckland operator. Friable, non-friable, soil remediation, full-site management.
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Class B
8yTāmaki Stripout Co
South Auckland
Class B specialist — non-friable cladding, vinyl floor and shed-roof removal across South Auckland.
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North Island
Wellington
Hill-suburb timber housing stock, heavy on textured-ceiling and vinyl-floor era materials. The 2016 Kaikoura quake left a regional spike in damaged ceiling and wall material that is still working through the licensed-removal pipeline. Wellington City Council's pre-1986 building consent records are useful when scoping a property.
South Island
Canterbury
A unique market — the post-quake rebuild has replaced a lot of older Christchurch housing stock, but surviving heritage and red-zone-edge homes still carry significant asbestos. Removalists here have unusually deep practical experience from the 2010–2018 rebuild years.
Class A + B
13yRebuild Asbestos Canterbury
Christchurch Central
Established post-quake Class A operator. Wide service mix across the rebuild's residual workload.
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Class B
5ySelwyn Stripout
Rolleston
Selwyn district Class B specialist — rural shed roofs, lifestyle-block demolitions.
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North Island
Waikato
Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, plus the rural belt through to the King Country. Higher proportion of older rural cladding (super-six fibre cement roofing, asbestos-cement water tanks) than the metro regions, and shed-removal jobs are routine.
North Island
Bay of Plenty
Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Whakatāne, Rotorua. Strong renovation and demolition pipeline — Tauranga has been a sustained subdivision and rebuild market for over a decade. Mid-century holiday-home stock around the Mount carries surprising asbestos volumes.
South Island
Otago
Dunedin's pre-1900 villa stock predates most asbestos use, but the 1940s–1970s additions to those villas are textbook risk zones (vinyl floors, textured ceilings, exterior cladding). Queenstown and Wānaka work skews newer and lower-volume.
North Island
Northland
Lower density, lower volume, but a high share of pre-1990 rural and bach-style buildings with asbestos cladding and roofing. Regional removalists here often travel for jobs and bundle multiple sites in a trip — a sensible cost lever for owners with several outbuildings.
North Island
Manawatū / Whanganui
Palmerston North through Whanganui. Affordable older housing stock with significant pre-1980 share. State-house belt material is common in Highbury, Roslyn, and the older Whanganui suburbs — predictable Class B workload with occasional Class A friable surprises.