The Puataunofo “Come Home Safely” educational programme is designed to engage and educate workers who are at the most risk of harm in higher-risk industries.

What is the Puataunofo “Come Home Safely” programme?

The Puataunofo “Come Home Safely” educational programme is a programme for all workers that can be delivered in multiple languages, and it aims to improve health and safety knowledge and understanding for workers and businesses. 

How to book a presentation for your workplace

WorkSafe currently offers four different presentations:

• From the Canoe (Vaka): For workers and shift leaders (2 hours or 2 x 1-hour sessions)
• From the Treetops (Niu): For senior managers, health and safety managers, health and safety representatives (1 hour)
• From the Mountain (Mauga): For business owners, governors, and executives (1 hour)
• Puataunofo Train the Trainer: We can train your trainers over 3 hours and co-facilitate their first session with them to enable them to deliver Puataunofo to your workforce.

The programme can be delivered in different languages. Please contact us to find out more.

Book a presentation

Hear what employers have to say

Puataunofo “Come Home Safely” – testimonials(external link)

Puataunofo “Come Home Safely” Ports of Auckland testimonial(external link)

“we congratulate you…on being so proactive by making this…available to employers/workers…in their native Pasifika & Indonesian languages.” – Bostock Group Hastings 
 
“Our Tongan group enjoyed that this was their own language so they could comprehend and participate – was good to see our most quiet ones participating.” – Silver Fern Farms Dargaville

“Overall our workers were very grateful to have a training programme that was delivered in their language, our older workers in particular were very appreciative of this. Many attendees approached me afterwards and said they got some good learnings from the course, especially around their personal responsibility for wearing their PPE.” – ETEL Transformers Ltd NZ

Hear what programme participants have to say

“makes us understand better from a island perspective…really hits home…Always return to our loved ones, which is the main thing.” – worker with 29 years experience from Sleepyhead Dunlop Foam

“I will change how I look at my co-workers…around my area, looking for the sharks and encourage others. I’m going to talk more…at our meetings.” – worker with 14 years experience from VisyBoard

Resources for RSE workers and workplaces

Find posters, videos, and fact sheets aimed at businesses to support their workforce.

More about Puataunofo

Puataunofo was established in 2007 by a collaboration of agencies and unions based on an identified need to address high statistics of Pasifika worker injuries and fatalities in the workplace.​

The Puataunofo programme was initially developed in New Zealand for New Zealand Pasifika and migrant workers, to address the key needs and issues of Pasifika workers.

Today the programme is delivered to all workers and aims to engage its participants with information, advice, and tools to keep safe in the workplace.

The content covers legislative information from the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and industry standards, and empowers workers to contribute to a sustainable health and safety culture and safer work environment.