The Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015 (the Strategy) aims to lift New Zealand’s workplace health and safety performance and reduce the work toll to achieve healthy people in safe and productive workplaces.

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The National Action Agenda

Last year’s review of the Strategy proposed the development of a national Action Agenda to focus workplace health and safety activity over the next three years. This new Action Agenda will target sectors with the highest rates of injury and disease, and will have a harm reduction focus.

The five priority sectors are construction, agriculture, manufacturing, forestry and fishing - each of the five sectors will have its own individual Sector Action Plan, developed in partnership with sector organisations and leaders. There will also be an increased focus on occupational health issues through the development of a specific Occupational Health Action Plan.

There will also be an increased focus on occupational health issues through the development of a specific Occupational Health Action Plan.

The Minister of Labour publically released the Action Agenda at the Safeguard Conference in June 2010.

You can access a copy of the national Action Agenda document here.

The Department of Labour is beginning a consultation process with the five priority sectors. If you would like to be involved, please email whss@dol.govt.nz.