Have your say on Work Health and Safety. Summary of feedback from Roadshow meetings and submissions to the Public Consultation – June to October 2024

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Executive Summary

The Coalition Agreement between ACT and the National Party committed to reforming work health and safety law and regulations. New Zealand’s work health and safety record remains worse than other comparable countries and has been slow to improve. Government has heard that businesses are struggling to understand their work health and safety obligations, and are unsure how to comply, which creates risks for workers.

Analysis of Consultation Focus areas

The following provides a summary of submissions received, following the structure of the consultation document. Where feedback was provided in a free-form fashion via letters and emails, MBIE incorporated this into the survey question to which the content related.

Last updated: 30 July 2025