How to notify us over the holiday period.
Notifications  
If someone has been seriously injured, become seriously ill, or died as a result of work – phone us on 0800 030 040 straight away. We have staff available to respond to these 24/7.
If you’re not sure what a notifiable event is, including your obligation to hold a scene, visit What events need to be notified?
Notifications made through our online form won't be monitored between 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and 8.30am on Monday 6 January 2025.
If you’re not sure if you need to notify us, use our online notification system and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Health and safety concerns
If you have a health and safety concern that isn’t urgent, use our online form and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Raise a health or safety concern
General enquiries
General enquiries made by phone or email after 12pm on Tuesday 24 December will be responded to from Monday 6 January 2025. This does not apply to notifications made by phone on 0800 030 040.
We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.
Information to help you understand more about asbestos including where to asbestos can be found, what asbestos is and why it's dangerous to your health, and how to use respirators correctly.
Posters showing where asbestos is found
Asbestos-containing material is found in many New Zealand buildings constructed before the late 1990s. You can see where asbestos hides in an industrial building and a residential house in these posters.
What is asbestos? (Video)
Professor Bill Glass talks about what asbestos is and why it is dangerous to your health.
Where asbestos is found (video)
Mike Cosman from Cosman Parkes talks about where asbestos is found and shows how to make sure your respirator fits correctly.
Respirators and how to fit them (video)
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