Our values
Our values guide how we work and interact with one another and with our customers and partners.
Our values guide how we work and interact with one another and with our customers and partners.
We are seeking feedback on whether the work health and safety regulatory system is currently meeting its objective.
Hīkina Whakatutuki is Te Reo Māori for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, hīkina meaning uplift and whakatutuki meaning to move forward, to make successful. Our purpose – to grow Aotearoa New Zealand for all – gives expression to our Te Reo Māori name and envisages an inclusive, sustainable and prosperous country for present and future generations.
We are seeking to understand how businesses and organisations make their decisions about health and safety and the reasons behind these decisions.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural environment is important to the country’s sense of identity and has great cultural and recreational significance. It is essential to the economy and our way of life.
This consultation is focused on the purpose and performance of the work health and safety regulatory system.
Allowing businesses to operate effectively while protecting consumers from harm.
We want to start a conversation about New Zealand’s work health and safety regulatory system, particularly how you think it’s working now and what you think should change.
We deliver a diverse mix of initiatives to help people, sectors and regions thrive and adapt to changing national and global environments.
All workers and their families deserve to have confidence that they will return home safe. Businesses also know the costs – both personal and financial – of workplace incidents, and the difficulties of attracting and keeping workers in risky sectors.
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