Neil Gould, the sole director of Parallel Fire Protection Limited, has been sentenced for forging documents related to fire safety compliance for an apartment building in Auckland. In 2023, his company was contracted to install a fire hydrant system at the North Shore complex. An investigation by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) revealed that Gould had falsified a verification of compliance certificate, which included details of an independent qualified person. He subsequently emailed this false document to a company for the code of compliance certificate application. Gould pleaded guilty to making a false document with the intent for it to be used as genuine. The North Shore District Court sentenced him to three months of community detention and mandated a payment of $1,000 in reparations to Nova Flowtec Services. MBIE's national manager, Sharon Threadwell, stressed the necessity for third-party certification of fire hydrant systems and indicated that Gould's conviction could prompt further investigation under the Companies Act.