[1] In the late 1960s the New Zealand government passed legislation to create the building research levy, which allowed the establishment of the research association BRANZ in 1970.
[1] BRANZ commissions research, and provides product testing, assurance and consultancy services.
[2][1] It also publishes the bi-monthly industry magazine Build.
[3] The association is based in Judgeford, Porirua.
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