With education.
Through innovation.
Across generations.
Nau mai haere mai
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.
The Innovation Centre
Room to build, test and prove it
From product development and prototyping to research and industry collaboration, the Innovation Centre gives ideas room to grow. Hire a desk, a dedicated workspace or the entire facility, with flexible options designed around your project needs
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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Dr Van Thu Huynh’s chatbot just won Best Oral Presentation at CIGOS 2026 for helping engineers get verified answers from welding standards in seconds, not hours.
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Get the shielding gas wrong and it shows up in the weld. Here’s how to choose the right one, every time.
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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…
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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…
Fresh podcasts
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We’re having a kōrero with Dr Charles Clifton, a civil engineer and University of Canterbury graduate who started HERA’s structural steel division in 1983 and spent four decades rebuilding steel’s place in…
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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…