An Auckland company and a Manawatu man have been fined for carrying out unauthorised electrical work.
Tiscoski Renovation in Mt Albert was fined $2500 for paying an overseas backpacker to do electrical work on a home renovation project.
The work was later found to be unsafe by a registered electrician.
A man from Ashhurst, near Palmerston North, has also been fined $2500 over the installation of solar panels on a New Plymouth property.
The work was inspected and did not comply with standards.