More than 300 children have escaped from early childhood centres in New Zealand in five years, Ministry of Education data ...

WorkSafe is making inquiries after two people were taken to hospital after a chemical spill at a Whanganui dry-cleaning ...

The country's asbestos exposure register has been shut down. WorkSafe has run the voluntary register for several years, but it "was not completely reliable" as it relied on people self-reporting ...

The interim chief executive at beleaguered Crown agency WorkSafe is stepping down just months after taking the job. Steve Haszard was appointed last October and leaves in June. The agency's board ...

Forestry had the highest fatality rate of any sector in 2024, with 16.58 deaths per 100,000 workers. Under its new strategy, ...

Brothers Andrew, James and Peter Buttle appealed against their company's conviction which saw them fined $1.045 million and ...

WorkSafe acknowledges the High Court decision in relation to Whakaari Management Limited. We are considering our next steps, including on whether to seek to appeal. The convictions and sentences of ...

A recent coronial finding into the death of young Waikato farming assistant Jayden Disher wants WorkSafe to focus on initiatives to limit on-farm electrocutions. 15-year-old Disher died in 2019 in ...

The successful appeal against the conviction of the owner of Whakaari/White Island for liability in the deaths and injury of ...

Police staff were slow to perform CPR and call an ambulance for an ailing Head Hunter gang member found unresponsive in the ...

WorkSafe New Zealand is calling on farmers to consider how vehicles move inside their barns and sheds, following a sentencing ...

Misha Tremel died in Clevedon, south of Auckland in 2022 after poor risk management as he manually cleared trees. He was working for a Turoa Logging Limited and Pulley Contracting Limited project , ...