A WorkSafe investigation is underway into a trench collapse in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank this afternoon.

WorkSafe New Zealand, Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, will open consultation for kaimahi on its organisational change proposal on 23 October.

WorkSafe has uncovered multiple failures that contributed to a teenager’s death on a school caving trip in Northland last year.

We have updated our guidance on the requirements for vetting workers at limited-attendance child-care centres.

Read our September 2024 work-related health newsletter.

The September issue of Kanohi Kitea, our health and safety representatives (HSR) e-newsletter.

WorkSafe has published priority plans, which will bring to life its new strategy over the next two years. WorkSafe will deliver enforcement, engagement, and permitting activities across these priority areas to maximise our influence and achieve better, more equitable outcomes.

Our September hazardous substances update.

WorkSafe is recommending the dairy industry reassess its use of slide pulsators, following a recent death in a Waikato milking shed.

Photovoltaic (PV) solar systems are a rapidly growing industry in New Zealand, with the installation of both grid-connected and stand-alone systems.