Here you can find out more about our prosecution process, and read court summaries of completed prosecutions since we were established in 2013.
Find out more about the prosecution process, from initiation to publication of Court outcomes
We actively enforce the law by a number of means, including the prosecution of alleged offenders in appropriate cases. Here we provide summaries of those prosecutions.
The purpose of our Prosecution Publishing policy is to provide transparency and certainty as to the approach that WorkSafe New Zealand will take to the publication of information about prosecutions
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 specifically provides that in certain circumstances private prosecutions may be initiated when the regulator cannot or decides not to prosecute a work health and safety event.
This page provides a summary of the different stages of WorkSafe’s involvement following the eruption of Whakaari / White Island.
