Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Safety & Workforce
Health and safety laws to be trimmed back for ‘low-risk’ workplaces
The Government is overhauling New Zealand’s health and safety laws in a bid to ease compliance costs for "low-risk businesses" –– and crack down on the overuse of road cones.
Freight & Logistics
Former Port of Auckland boss found guilty in landmark case after workplace death
Former Port of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson has been found guilty on a health and safety charge in relation to the death of a stevedore.
Freight & Logistics
Southland freight firm sentenced over truck driver’s death
A Southland transport firm has been sentenced and fined for the death of a truck driver who was struck by a reversing loader in 2017. McLellan…
Infrastructure
Some truck restrictions lifted on Coromandel Peninsula
A five-tonne weight ban has been lifted on a section of Thames Coast Road after extensive storm damage. The NZ Transport Agency has lifted the restriction…