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20 February 2025

Safety First

Lithium-ion batteries have enabled tools that are key to modern life – such as phones and laptops – however they are a hazard if not managed correctly.

26 April 2022

Safety First

Resuming Trial Evacuations Under the Covid ...

All businesses are now required to resume trial evacuations or deliver training programmes. In the Orange traffic light setting, businesses need to ensure these are carried out to meet their own six month requirement.

10 September 2021

Safety First

Alert Level Update

Following the Government’s recent announcement regarding the nationwide alert level changes as at 11:59pm on Tuesday 7 September, we would like to give you an update on Safety First’s plan during this time.

As Safety First’s business activities are not classified as an essential service, all trial evacuations and in-person training scheduled for the Auckland region whilst in alert levels 3 & 4 will be cancelled.

The rest of New Zealand is now in alert level 2, however there are conditions in place that restrict our ability to carry out trial evacuations and in-person training, namely physical distancing and crowd gathering of over 50 persons (in internal environments e.g., offices).

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Safety First

6 May 2016

The new Workplace Health & Safety Legislation is now law

Safety First

6 May 2016

New Zealand’s new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) came into effect on April 4th 2016.

Discover what the legislation means for your business.

Safety First

5 June 2015

New Zealand’s Occupational Health & Safety culture is on course to change

Safety First

5 June 2015

The NZ government recognises a need to reduce workplace incidents. Their target is to reduce serious and fatal incidents in the workplace by 25%, by 2020.

If it is passed, the Health & Safety in Employment Act will be replaced with the Health and Safety at Work Act. Find out what this means for FPANZ members.

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