Government and official guidance
- Health New Zealand, lead-based paint
- WorkSafe New Zealand, working on roofs and at height
- Auckland Council, check if there are heritage controls on your property
- Auckland Council, special character areas explained
- Consumer Protection, Consumer Guarantees Act
- Ministry of Health and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Guidelines for the Management of Lead-Based Paint (revised 2013)
- Environmental Health Intelligence New Zealand, lead-based paint exposure in New Zealand dwellings (2026)
- Auckland Council, how to get rid of paint and lead-based paints
Paint makers and building research
- Resene, paint calculator
- Resene, CoolColour and dark colours on exterior surfaces
- Resene, colour consultations
- Resene, A4 drawdowns
- Resene, testpots and samples
- Habitat by Resene, tips for painting outside in summer
- Resene, paint systems for exterior timber
- Resene, choosing a paint system for exterior timber
- BRANZ Level, lead paint
- Dulux New Zealand, Colour Forecast 2027, as published in Good magazine (September 2026)
- Resene, paint calculator and how to work out how much paint you need
- Resene, lead-based paint
- Hill Laboratories, lead in paint and dust testing
Prices
- Published prices of several Auckland house painting businesses, checked November 2026
- Published prices of several Auckland and New Zealand house painting and renovation businesses, checked November 2026
- A New Zealand building cost publication, exterior painting estimates for 2026
- Inland Revenue, registering for GST
- Published prices of several Auckland and New Zealand house painting businesses, checked November 2026
- Published prices of several Auckland painting and paint stripping businesses, checked November 2026
- Consumer NZ, how to detect lead in paints around your home
Price ranges are a starting point only. Your painter quotes after seeing the house.