Category: H&S News

New H&S legislation – how the Charter will help With new health and safety legislation before Parliament, WorkSafe NZ and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment hosted the June 2015 Safety Charter event on how meeting your Charter commitments will help your organisation comply with the new legislation. Watch the presentations from Graham Darlow, Andrew […]

2015 IN THE REBUILD – WHERE WE’RE HEADING Fletcher Construction hosted the first Safety Charter event for 2015 with a focus on leadership and the progress we’re making in the Canterbury rebuild. Watch the presentations of Graham Darlow, Cos Bruyn and Rob Sloan below.

2014 Christmas message We’ve put together a short video to say Merry Christmas and a safe New Year to everyone involved in the Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter.

‘INSPIRATIONAL’ – SAFETY AND GENDER IN CONSTRUCTION “Dean’s presentation was riveting. He challenges our beliefs about ourselves and how our gender affects our attitude to safety.” Graham Burke, President of the Specialist Trade Contractor’s Federation.

Sponsored by WorkSafe New Zealand 180 signatories to the Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter attended a half-day workshop on critical risks in Christchurch on 5 November 2014. Featuring Jim Knowles from Jim Knowles Group in Australia, Andrew Shaw from Lane Neave, Dave Bellett from WorkSafe New Zealand and Rob Sloan from Jennian Homes the event was […]

Sponsored by Arrow International and WorkSafe New Zealand More than 150 people attended the quarterly Safety Charter event on 4 September 2014 featuring leading Australian workplace health and safety lawyer Paul Cutrone.

Watch our anniversary celebrations as we welcome our 100th signatory, Vicus Design.

Sponsored by the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum This quarterly Safety Charter event featured the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum launching its contractor initiative which aims to reduce workplace deaths and injuries among New Zealand’s contractors. Another 20 signatories also officially signed the Safety Charter. Congratulations! We also launched the official Safety Charter […]

Asbestos exposure is the main cause of construction workplace fatalities in New Zealand. Asbestos was commonly used as an insulator for buildings from the 1940s through to the 1990s, so anyone who is involved in alterations of buildings built during this period should be on the lookout.

Sponsored by WorkSafe New Zealand At this quarterly Safety Charter event, the aggregated results from the Safety Charter self-awareness tool were released for the first time. For many organisations it was the first opportunity to see how they were performing against others. Another 25 new organisations also officially signed the Safety Charter, and WorkSafe New […]

Safeguard article on the Safety Charter ‘A new Magna Carta’, a new Great Charter guiding health and safety innovation for the Canterbury rebuild. Read more →

A lunchtime workshop was held for signatories to help them understand more about the newly released self-awareness tool, how to complete it and to answer any questions. Hosted by the Safety Charter’s Performance Working Group.

Workers, contractors and sub-contractors were encouraged to attend one of a series of Council of Trade Unions (CTU) meeting on the Safety Charter. The meetings were held so the CTU could consult with construction workers before it signed the Safety Charter.