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Compliance Doesn’t Replace Management. Having a compliance certificate doesn’t mean your workplace is safe. Ongoing workplace health and safety management requires daily attention, leadership commitment, and a culture that supports safe behaviour.

Sara shares what a near miss in safety is and steps on how to encourage your team to report near misses better.

A short look into the timeline of Safewise's Tracey and her professional life. Explores how her experiences led her to establish Safewise Limited, a health and safety management consultancy firm in Hamilton, New Zealand.

The number of notifiable incidents has steadily risen over the last few years; both COVID-19 and economic hardship could play a role in this. However, there are methods businesses can utilise to reduce the likelihood of notifiable incidents occurring. From cultivating a safety culture to proactively identifying hazards, there is much leadership can do.

When organisations across New Zealand start developing a health and safety system, one key question always comes up – should we build it ourselves or bring in a professional? We recently revisited a conversation with a local organisation that highlights this exact challenge. It is a situation we see often within Kiwi businesses, especially those balancing limited resources with growing compliance responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. So, what is the r