Over the next three months, WorkSafe New Zealand health and safety inspectors will proactively visit residential construction sites across the country to see how the risk of falling from working at height is being managed.

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Hon Brooke van Velden has launched two new approved codes of practice (ACOPs) that outline practical steps farmers, growers, contractors, workers and other agriculture businesses can take to meet their health and safety responsibilities on farms.

A recent WorkSafe initiative has found many joinery businesses could benefit from improving how they manage machine safety, workplace health risks, and hazardous substances.

WorkSafe has released the first in a series of guidance products to help businesses prepare for upcoming changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA).

This year, two manufacturing businesses have completed enforceable undertakings with WorkSafe New Zealand, following separate incidents where workers were harmed by hazardous substances.

Read about changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, new resources to help manage workplace exposure standards (WES), Inspector focus areas: wood and food product manufacturing and collision repair shops, mental health toolkit for smaller businesses.

WorkSafe New Zealand health and safety inspectors will carry out proactive assessment visits to beef and lamb farms and residential construction sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from October to December 2026.

As Auckland celebrates the opening of the City Rail Link (CRL), WorkSafe New Zealand is recognising the project's high standard of health and safety performance, demonstrating what can be achieved when safety is embedded from the start.

A fatal incident near Dannevirke is a reminder that forestry businesses must verify worker competence, provide effective inductions and supervision, and have robust systems for people working alone.

WorkSafe New Zealand is reminding construction businesses that a prohibition notice means work must stop, after an Auckland company was sentenced and fined for allowing workers to work at height while a notice was in place.

As Dunedin Hospital’s outpatient building opens, the project is also celebrating a major safety achievement: no serious injuries, supported by a new approach from WorkSafe New Zealand.

Read about pressure piping integrity management, testing of safety-critical elements, guidance for working with occupational hygienists, criteria for defining safety-critical elements, insight into back-up power for critical equipment, intro to formal warnings.

WorkSafe inspectors have visited more than 300 food manufacturing businesses since July as part of our focus on the sector this quarter to support safer work.

This safety alert covers the importance of being safe and staying connected when working remotely or isolated from others.

WorkSafe is reminding farmers to make sure all machinery guards are in place and regularly checked after a farm worker suffered life-changing injuries when he became entangled in an unguarded power take-off (PTO) shaft on a Wairarapa dairy farm.

This safety alert is a reminder to consider whether asbestos-containing materials (ACM) may be present before carrying out high-pressure water spraying or using compressed air. Disturbing ACM can release asbestos fibres and contaminate surrounding areas, posing risks to workers, occupants, and others nearby.

WorkSafe New Zealand has released new plain-language resources to help businesses better understand workplace exposure standards (WES) and manage risks from harmful airborne substances.

WorkSafe New Zealand is urging farmers around the country to take extra care when clearing storm-damaged trees, after receiving more reports of unsafe chainsaw and machinery use.