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A Te Awamutu plumbing company that grew up the long way.

Glenn Rawson got his certifying ticket in 1986. Forty years on, Glenn and Emma run the business out of 2 Daphne Street with thirteen tradesmen — and one of them is their son.

Rawson Plumbing yard, Te Awamutu

From a one-man trade in 1986 to a four-discipline yard. The work hasn't changed; the team has.

Glenn started where every plumber starts — apprenticed up, got the certifying ticket, then put the gasfitting and drainlaying tickets on top. The company in its current form was incorporated in 2004 with Emma Rawson as co-director, but the trade history runs back nearly two decades before that.

The way the company grew was simple: a plumber needs a gasfitter, a drainlayer needs a digger, and a Waipa roof leak doesn't care which one of them turns up. So we kept hiring tickets, kept training apprentices, and kept the lot under one roof.

Mitch Rawson is on the books as an apprentice now. The third generation, technically, if you count Glenn's own apprenticeship as the first.

The team

Thirteen names. One Te Awamutu yard.

Real tradesmen, not a stock photo. If you've had us on your job, the chances are it was one of these people on the tools.

Director

Glenn Rawson

Certifying plumber, gasfitter, drainlayer · since 1986
Director

Emma Rawson

Co-director · operations
Operations

Simon Dunn

Operations Manager · 35 years in the trade
Estimator

Jake Pitcon

Plumber, gasfitter, drainlayer, estimator
Estimator

Warren Woodman

Plumber, gasfitter, estimator
Tradesman

Ryan McNeil

Tradesman plumber
Tradesman

Campbell Walker

Plumber, gasfitter, drainlayer
Apprentice

Brinder Singh

Plumbing apprentice
Apprentice

Charlie Mason

Plumbing apprentice
Apprentice

Ryan Hancock

Plumbing apprentice
Apprentice

Mitch Rawson

Plumbing apprentice · Glenn's son
Apprentice

Jake Hancock

Plumbing apprentice
Office

Shayla Veitch

Admin assistant · the voice on the phone
Hiring

You?

Apprenticeships and qualified tradesmen always considered. Email Emma.
In the community

Plumbing pays the bills. The community is why we live here.

Te Awamutu Sports Senior Rugby

Active sponsor

Kihikihi Kings rugby

2025 season — qualified for the show

TA Melrose Sevens fundraiser

Annual support

Christian Cullen breakfast

Nov 2024 fundraiser

The Birdcage NZ partnership

$650 donation, Feb 2025

Melrose Golf fundraiser

Dec 2024

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