Zapling Electrical is a registered electrical contractor based in Petone, serving the wider Wellington Region from Lower Hutt and Eastbourne through Wellington City, Porirua and the Kapiti Coast. The business is the trading name of Zapling Electrical Limited, and at its centre is founder Kris, a seasoned electrician with more than 17 years of experience and a reputation for being friendly, reliable and punctual.
The team covers the full spectrum of electrical work: home renovations and new builds, commercial projects and developments, heat pump installation and maintenance, lighting plans for indoor and outdoor spaces, solar panels and EV charging, data and connection services, aerial installation and repair, testing and tagging, smart home and security system installations, emergency electrical repairs, electrical safety inspections, and switchboard and rewiring upgrades. On every job, functionality is weighed alongside aesthetic appeal, with projects executed with skill, precision and respect for your space.
Rather than fixed prices, Zapling offers a tailored, personalised quote — they arrange to come and see you, look over the project and scope it properly. Whether you have an urgent fault, a renovation on the horizon or want to modernise with smart home technology and EV charging, enquiries big or small are welcome.
Zapling Electrical is a registered electrical contractor based in Petone, working with homes and businesses across the Wellington Region. The company is the trading name of Zapling Electrical Limited, and at its centre is founder Kris, a seasoned electrician with more than 17 years in the trade. The invitation on their homepage to bring the spark back into your home sums up the business neatly: practical electrical work, done carefully, that leaves a space working better and feeling better than it did before.
The brief is broad. For homeowners, Zapling covers home renovations and new builds, lighting plans for indoor and outdoor spaces, heat pump installation and maintenance, solar panels and EV charging, data and connection services, and aerial installation and repair. For commercial clients, the team takes on commercial work and developments of varying scale.
That breadth matters in practice. A single team can plan the lighting for a new build, wire the house, then return down the track for the heat pump, the EV charger and the security system — no re-explaining your home to a new contractor each time.
Safety and compliance sit alongside the visible improvements. The list includes electrical safety inspections, testing and tagging, emergency electrical repairs, and switchboard and rewiring upgrades — the less glamorous work that keeps a property safe and up to standard. Smart home and security system installations round things out for anyone modernising how their place runs.
Lighting earns a special mention. Zapling talks about seamless and innovative lighting solutions tailored to your needs, whether you are chasing functional enhancements or aesthetic improvements — the difference between a room you simply use and one you enjoy being in. Both indoor and outdoor plans are offered, so decks, gardens and entrances can be considered alongside living spaces.
Reputations in the trades are built on small things: turning up when promised, treating the space with care, leaving the job matching the plan. Kris has built Zapling around exactly those fundamentals and is known for a friendly demeanour, reliability and punctuality. Projects are executed, in the company's own words, with the utmost skill, precision and respect for your space.
That care extends to how the work is conceived. Functionality is considered alongside aesthetic appeal on every project, so the finished result is measured against high standards of quality and craftsmanship rather than simply passing inspection. Seventeen-plus years of experience helps here — anticipating what an older home's switchboard upgrade will involve, planning lighting around how a household actually lives, and installing heat pumps or EV charging with the years ahead in mind.
Getting started is straightforward. The team welcomes any electrical project, big or small, and asks only for a few details about what you have in mind. They will arrange to come and see you, and follow up with a tailored, personalised quote. If you would rather skip the form, you can text or call to book in a quote or ask a quick question.
Zapling services the wider Wellington Region: Lower Hutt, Petone, Eastbourne, Wellington City, Porirua and the Kapiti Coast. As a registered electrical contractor, the company operates as Zapling Electrical Limited and is upfront with its NZBN, and the website carries the Master Electricians badge — a marker of the industry's Best Electric Standard.
For anything from an urgent repair to a renovation still on the drawing board, Zapling can be reached on 021 857 728 or by email at [email protected], with more of their work on show via Instagram and Facebook. If your place has been waiting for a spark — literal or otherwise — this is a Petone team that would like to hear about it.