The Regulator’s Fault Line

The ContextOn 13 November 2025, a WorkSafe subsidiary, Energy Safety New Zealand, enacted a change to the Electricity (Safety) Regulations. It deleted the clause banning switches in the main earth (PEN) conductor for homes and businesses. The regulator’s own technical...

The Height of Failure

The ContextIn December 2024, a Chinese migrant worker died at an Auckland aluminium company’s warehouse. He was loading beams into racking above two metres when he fell from a scissor lift. WorkSafe has now laid a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act...