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Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) stories

Lucion launches legionella module for faster risk data

Facilities teams can act sooner on legionella risks as assessment findings are made available before the full report is signed off.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Jul 2026

Global Stories

Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) stories

Risk & Compliance

Your organisation is not managing psychosocial risk, it just thinks it is

Missed early warning signs are leaving employers exposed to rising claims, resignations and burnout across their workforces.

By Kim Severinsen • 4 min read • Tue, 28th Jul 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) stories

Northland

Cocaine detections in New Zealand workplaces surge 118%

The rise has pushed cocaine to its highest share of workplace drug positives in a year, with Auckland's North Shore hit hardest.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Risk & Compliance

Explainer: How working at height rules evolved in NZ

New guidance puts employers on notice that falls below three metres can still be fatal, tightening duties on planning and controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 9 min read • Wed, 26th Aug 2026

Environmental Protection Authority

Explainer: How tertiary containment protects tank sites

New guidance says tank farms need a third line of defence, or spills and firefighting run-off could escape bunds and spread beyond site.

By Sean Mitchell • 8 min read • Fri, 21st Aug 2026

Risk & Compliance

Explainer: Event first aid planning in New Zealand

WorkSafe's new guidance ties medical cover to site risks, meaning some New Zealand events may need more than basic first aid to protect crowds.

By Sean Mitchell • 9 min read • Wed, 19th Aug 2026

Risk & Compliance

Explainer: How New Zealand made machinery work safer

Stricter guidance now pushes businesses to eliminate machinery risks first, after decades of amputations and crush injuries exposed guard gaps.

By Sean Mitchell • 8 min read • Mon, 17th Aug 2026

Risk & Compliance

Explainer: How New Zealand's workplace safety law changed

Businesses will face new duties from April 2027 as Wellington puts serious harm at the centre of workplace safety law.

By Sean Mitchell • 9 min read • Thu, 13th Aug 2026

Risk & Compliance

Supportive WorkSafe does not mean carte blanche to ignore safety rules

Ignoring a prohibition notice over asbestos work cost a property owner NZD $32,000 after inspectors found repeated defiance in Auckland.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sun, 14th Jun 2026

Small Business

WorkSafe warn SME to properly plan high-risk, ad hoc work

A fatal machinery move in Ōtorohanga has prompted WorkSafe to warn small firms that improvised, non-routine jobs need proper planning and controls.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sat, 4th Apr 2026

Risk & Compliance

Three key machinery safety failures cost worker’s fingers

WorkSafe says the bakery case shows how poor lockout controls, risk checks and training can leave machine workers facing life-changing injuries.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sat, 28th Feb 2026

Agricultural Technology

WorkSafe finally stirs on industry supported ACOP

Businesses face new compliance guidance as WorkSafe begins consulting on three draft industry-led approved codes of practice.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026

Agricultural Technology

Yes minister, and selective hearing

Businesses are set for more guidance and lighter enforcement as WorkSafe pivots towards support, though some groups say consultation is still missing.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026

Data Protection

5 new workplace regulations you should prepare for before year-end

New Zealand employers face sweeping payroll, KiwiSaver, safety and privacy reforms, making year-end the crucial time to prepare systems.

By Sanam Ahmadzadeh Salmani • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025

Risk & Compliance

Height safety basics missed in preventable fall from pole

A KiwiRail worker’s near-fatal 10-metre fall has prompted WorkSafe to warn businesses that new equipment needs fresh risk checks and safer methods.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Dec 2025

Artificial Intelligence

AI-4U offers barrier-free mental health support for workers

WellbeingSolutions' AI-4U offers SMS-based mental health support to help UK, NZ, and Australian firms meet new 2025 psychosocial risk regulations.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Nov 2025

Risk & Compliance

When AI meets the open road: why boards must rethink risk governance

Boards must rethink risk governance as AI aids fleet safety, combining vehicle tech and driver behaviour in a hybrid world of semi-autonomous and human drivers.

By Craig Cockerton • 3 min read • Sat, 22nd Nov 2025