News

News

Read about the latest news, initiatives and case studies from the sector.

Announcement – New Director, Government Health and Safety Lead

The GHSL is delighted to announce Lance Goodall as our new Director, starting Monday 21st February 2022.  Lance is currently the Head of Wellbeing, Health and Safety at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. 

Celebrating our Finalists and Winner of the 2021 Health and Safety Representative of the Year Awards

Celebrating our six finalists and overall winner of the Health and Safety Representative of the Year Awards

Public Sector well-represented at NZ Workplace Safety Awards

All the award winners of the night.

Good Governance - Tips from IoD's Chief Executive

Kirsten Patterson shares some “tips” for public service Chief Executives, recognising that public service Chief Executives have a dual role of leading and gov

Health and Safety Representatives' Conference a success

On 4 April, nearly 600 health and safety representatives, health and safety practitioners and senior leaders from 37 public service and state sector agencies attended the second annual Health and Safety Representatives’ Conference.

New Year starts at pace for interns

The Health and Safety Summer interns have been busy over the last two weeks with a visit to NZDF’s Trentham base and a sit down with NZISM.

HASANZ report highlights challenges

In November, HASANZ published the ‘Building the Professions’ report which provides a picture of New Zealand’s health and safety workforce, as well as future challenges and demands facing the profession across both public and private sectors.

Positive Workplace Cultures programme launched to sector

On Friday 6 December, nearly 200 state sector leaders, employee network and union representatives attended the launch of the Positive Workplace Cultures Programme.

Positive and Safe Workplaces

The State Services Commissioner has asked two chief executives, Mr Ray Smith and Ms Rebecca Kitteridge to co-lead a system wide Positive Workplace Cultures programme to support agencies to embed the new standards.