Seeking your feedback on the work health and safety regulatory system
Tell us about your experiences with New Zealand’s work health and safety regulatory system.
Tell us about your experiences with New Zealand’s work health and safety regulatory system.
A substantial consultation on work health and safety is now open.
Information on the consultation for plant, structures and working at heights regulations.
This page provides links to our consultations relating to health and safety.
This page describes the regulatory system for health and safety at work, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and regulatory proposals either planned or in progress.
The Government has listened to feedback and has made a change to the size of dams impacted by the regulations, to reduce the number of dams that need to comply.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released its report into the proactive assessment of multi-storey boarding houses.
Retailers are voluntarily recalling unsafe wall-mounted bathroom heaters.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has completed a targeted review of the health and safety regulatory regime for adventure activities, looking at how it operates when activities take place in naturally-hazardous environments.
A high-performing health and safety regulatory system contributes to our goal of healthy, safe and fulfilling work for all New Zealand workers, and to grow New Zealand for all.
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