Case studies
Real people leading real New Zealand companies. Read how these Forum members grappled with sometimes complex health and safety issues.
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James Fletcher, Treescape
James Fletcher has a successful track record in leading health and safety across a diverse range of businesses – and he’s getting results. We spoke to James, a finalist in the Leader of the Year category at the 2015 and 2019 Health and Safety Awards, about how to get an organisation’s culture humming and finding new solutions to persistent problems. Read more…
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Podcast: Martin Byrne on mental health and wellness
Martin Byrne was the CEO at Port Nelson for 15 years. He talks to the Forum about what he did to change the conversation about mental health and wellness at the organisation, as well as going through his own mental health journey. Read more…
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NZ's Safety II explorer, Jono Brent
Jono is clear: Safety II is not an initiative. “It’s about work, not just safety. It’s about thinking about people all the time, setting your people up for success.” Read more…
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Mental health and wellbeing – the opportunity
At Downer we have chosen to approach mental health and wellbeing from a positive perspective, and to treat it as an opportunity as well as an obligation. Read more…
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Leading the leaders: Michelle Henderson
Michelle Henderson was named ‘Leader of the Year’ at the 2019 annual Safeguard awards. We spoke to the COO at PowerNet about her safety leadership style and a unique initiative she’s led to lift leadership capability within the organisation. Read more…
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Co-designing health and safety with your supply chain
In 2016, shortly after it was formed, Wellington Water identified a weakness in how it engaged with its contractors and suppliers, potentially affecting delivery and health and safety. CEO Colin Crampton wanted to change what was a ‘master, servant’ model to peer-to-peer approach focusing on one vision for everyone. Read more…
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Building a high performance, high engagement business
Read how adopting a high performance, high engagement strategy helped KiwiRail increase productivity and improve health and safety. Read more…
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Everyday work learning teams
How Hancock Forest Management used a ‘Safety II’ technique to find out why one of its operations was performing so well on health and safety and productivity. Read more…
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Ensuring contractors are successful so you can be too - Transpower
The benefits for both Transpower and its tower painting contractors in developing a longer-term, more collaborative approach to working together. Read more…
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Changing a proud culture - Landcorp/Pāmu
Landcorp/Pāmu details the six tactics it is using to change the entrenched culture that was making its business unsafe after facing three fatalities in six months. Read more…
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Culture and leadership – Hancock Forest Management NZ
How investing in crew culture and frontline leadership is benefiting Hancock Forest Management NZ. Read more…
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Z Energy's innovative approach to working with suppliers
Z Energy needed to bring clarity to the way it works with supply chain partners to manage operational risks. It also wanted to align its approach with the ‘over-lapping PCBU duties’ in the Health and Safety at Work Act. Read more…
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Tackling pressures that undermine contractor health and safety
When the power goes off in a storm there can be huge pressure to get the lights back on. As a result, the contractors who maintain Vector's power networks can feel pressured to work when it's not safe. Read more…
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Leading through tragedy
In 2012 one of my employees, Graham Brown, was killed at work. It was one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with as a chief executive. Read more…
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Collaborating with contractors to lift safety performance
PF Olsen takes a collaborative approach to working with contractors on health and safety Read more…
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CEO intervention supports contractor safety
At Z we’re personally committed to the safety of everyone who helps make our business a success. I also have a personal commitment to safety. Read more…
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Improving contractor safety across an industry – the Canterbury rebuild
We’re working to engage sub-contractors and their employees in the health and safety process so they know how to keep themselves safe. Read more…
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Building a reporting culture – the CEO’s role
In the aviation industry mistakes can have dire consequences. That’s why we're so focused on ensuring they don’t happen. Read more…
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What is safety leadership?
My experience at Shell has taught me that leadership plays a critical role in promoting workplace health and safety. As CEOs and directors we set the conditions and expectations in our businesses. Read more…
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Managing critical risks
At Fulton Hogan we place health and safety in the highest regard, which is why no challenge has been more confronting than those we have faced in the past 24 months. Read more…
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