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Health and Safety stories

Blackline Safety wins 2025 Calgary Award for social impact

Blackline Safety has won the 2025 Calgary Award for Social Impact - Business, recognising its commitment to community and worker safety worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Jun 2025

Global Stories

Health and Safety stories

Agricultural Technology

Onside launches digital platform to boost agri supply safety

Onside has launched PCBU Enterprise, a digital platform designed to enhance safety coordination across agriculture supply chains in Australia and New Zealand.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Jul 2025

Risk & Compliance

EcoOnline acquires D4H to strengthen crisis management platform

EcoOnline has acquired crisis management software provider D4H to enhance its platform, integrating crisis readiness with its EHS and ESG solutions.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Jun 2025

Physical Security

ASIO's declassified insights send powerful messages on protecting people, data centres, and buildings

ASIO Director warns of heightened 2025 threat level, urging enhanced physical and cyber security in buildings amid rising terrorism and sabotage risks.

By Michael Fisher • 6 min read • Mon, 23rd Jun 2025

Human Capital Management

New Zealand firms turn to HR tech amid sweeping law reforms

New Zealand firms turn to HR tech amid employment law reforms, easing compliance with Leave Act updates, grievance rules, and safety regulations.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Apr 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Health and Safety stories

Digital Transformation

Keith Andrews Trucks streamlines onboarding with Nintex automation

Keith Andrews Trucks has adopted Nintex automation to streamline onboarding, training, and health and safety reporting across New Zealand operations.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Jun 2025

Agricultural Technology

Agriculture sector ‘needs to up its game’

WorkSafe says a preventable quad bike rollover that killed a Tararua farmhand should spur stronger safety checks across agriculture.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Jun 2025

Risk & Compliance

FENZ encourages use of gas detection system

Better gas detection at a Kawerau power station could help firefighters identify leaks sooner and respond more safely to flammable pentane risks.

By Michael Curreen • 7 min read • Mon, 26th May 2025

Human Capital Management

More workers testing positive for meth

Workplace safety risks are rising as meth detections climbed to nearly a quarter of all non-negative drug tests in March, data shows.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Tue, 20th May 2025

Storage

Privacy Week: Sensitive information stored online can hurt you

Sensitive personal data stored online faces persistent threats from cybercriminals, with recent breaches underscoring the urgent need for better protection measures.

By Horatiu Petrescu • 5 min read • Mon, 12th May 2025

Supply Chain

Injury prompts $0.5m investment in safety and AI

A worker's two-finger amputation has triggered a GBP £481,000 safety overhaul at Claymark, including AI hazard detection and retraining.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Sun, 11th May 2025

Risk & Compliance

Worker’s fall off wet roof costs employer $100k

A Wellington cleaning firm faces a six-figure bill after a worker’s six-metre fall left him with a traumatic brain injury and broken bones.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Tue, 6th May 2025

Data Analytics

Fleet safety overlooked as AI adoption lags among HSE leaders

Despite 84% of HSE leaders prioritising fleet safety, 60% have yet to adopt AI-powered safety technologies, risking incidents and compliance issues.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 2nd May 2025

Data Protection

Police warned over shifting information to Microsoft cloud services

Police warned of 'very high' privacy risks in shifting sensitive data to Microsoft's cloud, amid a cautious trial in Wellington started in 2023.

By Phil Pennington • 4 min read • Tue, 29th Apr 2025

Education, Learning & Training

Work-based learning to become industry-led

Work-based apprenticeships will shift away from Te Pūkenga next year, with industry groups saying the move should better match training to jobs.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Sun, 27th Apr 2025

Agricultural Technology

Two workplace fatalities on farms over Easter

Farm vehicle crashes remain a major killer in New Zealand agriculture, after WorkSafe said two farmers died using vehicles over Easter.

By Michael Curreen • 9 min read • Wed, 23rd Apr 2025

Unified Communications

Satellite upgrade brings better access at Waitomo sites

Discover Waitomo in New Zealand's King Country has enhanced connectivity and safety with Spark's Starlink satellite internet, replacing unreliable VDSL access.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 18th Apr 2025