WorkSafe New Zealand
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- WorkSafe reforms and road cone hotlineQuiet since 4 Jun 2025
- Ōrere Point death in police custodyQuiet since 10 Mar 2025
- Matamata College student train deathQuiet since 15 Mar 2025
- Auckland Museum asbestos closuresQuiet since 26 Jun 2025
- Remuera concrete truck crashQuiet since 1 Aug 2025
- Woolston childcare centre chemical incidentQuiet since 9 Dec 2025
- Lower South Island storm and recoveryQuiet since 11 Dec 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Coroner calls for tougher forestry safety rules after worker's death
- Two teenagers injured after falling from Ferris wheel in Greymouth
+2 - Person dies following workplace incident near Balclutha
September 2026
August 2026
- Police investigate sudden death at Wellington flats
- Coroner warns after arborist killed by stump grinder in Whangārei
- Man charged after hunter critically injured on Kawau Island
- Person dies after being trapped in machine at Ōtāhuhu plant
December 2025
- One person dies after vehicle rolls on rural property near Tīrau
- Person dies following commercial lawnmower incident in Te Kouma
- Government to close road cone hotline ahead of schedule+1
- WorkSafe warns farmers following serious storm debris clean-up injuries
- Woolston childcare centre reopens after chemical burns incident
- Electrical inspectors warn rule change creates electrocution risk
November 2025
- KiwiRail fined after worker fell 10 metres during pole installation+2
- WorkSafe investigates serious injury at Ōpōtiki kiwifruit packhouse
- Worker critically injured in Ōpōtiki kiwifruit packhouse accident
- Person dies in ATV accident at rural Tararua property
- WorkSafe investigates fatal quad bike accident in Far North
- WorkSafe investigating worker death at Hastings juice factory
October 2025
September 2025
- Charge dropped against trucking company after Remuera worker death
- Scaffolding company sentenced after structure collapsed on Auckland road
- Asbestos found in fire door materials triggers nationwide safety investigation
August 2025
- Officials warn workplace safety reforms could risk another Pike River tragedy
- Volunteer firefighter injured by vehicle in South Otago
- Organisers say Christchurch light show ride is safe after part fell
- WorkSafe investigates part falling from Christchurch ferris wheel
July 2025
- Kohurau Contracting fined for safety breach after forestry worker injury
- One person dead after concrete truck hits Remuera house+1
- West Coast companies fined after workers exposed to toxic fumes
June 2025
- State Highway 1 reopened after 11-hour closure due to asbestos spill
- North Canterbury adventure camp operator charged after boy suffered severe burns
- WorkSafe launches 12-month road cone hotline pilot
- Government launches road cone hotline as WorkSafe undergoes reforms+2
- Government shifts WorkSafe focus from enforcement to guidance
- Man critically injured after being trapped by falling tree in Tauranga
May 2025
March 2025
- Unlicensed asbestos remover ordered to pay reparations for fraud
- Matamata student killed after being struck by train+2
- Two companies fined after Clevedon forestry worker death
- Police acknowledge shortcomings following death of man in custody
- Man dies after being Tasered and pepper sprayed in Ōrere Point
February 2025
- Coroner rules orchard worker's electrocution was an accident
- Rotorua firm fined after teenage contractor injured by steel beam
- Coroner rules 15-year-old's Waikato farm death was accidental
- Person critically injured in North Canterbury workplace accident
January 2025
- Person seriously injured after flying fox snaps in Motupiko
- Ecostore employee suffers permanent eye damage at Auckland factory
- Union considers stab-proof vests following nurse attack in Rotorua+2
- Ecostore worker suffers permanent eye damage in chemical accident
- Serene bathroom heaters linked to two Christchurch house fires
- Banned Serene bathroom heaters linked to Christchurch house fires
- Man killed in Canterbury workplace accident identified