Smoke Alarms in NZ: Legal Requirements and Best Practices When we were renting, the smoke alarm above the hallway door was broken for months. I only found out when it chirped during a power outage. That incident sent me straight down a rabbit hole on smoke alarms NZ laws—and what I learned was both eye-opening and, frankly, a bit alarming.
If you own, rent, or manage a property in New Zealand, here’s what the law says and what best...