Rebecca Macfie on Pike River, ten years on

  • Admin
    November 16, 2020
    Journalist Rebecca Macfie, who wrote the book on the Pike River mine disaster, will be joining this live Q&A session to mark ten years since 29 men lost their lives on 19 November 2010, as we reflect on what lessons remain to be learned.
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    Amanda Douglas on cannabis legalisation and drug testing

  • Peter Bateman
    June 10, 2020
    At the September general election there will be a referendum offering voters the choice to support the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill.

    Amanda Douglas is a partner at Wynn Williams Lawyers who specialises in employment and health & safety. She will answer queries on how your organisation's drug and alcohol policies might have to change should recreational cannabis use be legalised.

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    Dr Joanne Crawford on links between musculoskeletal & psychosocial risks

  • Peter Bateman
    May 11, 2020
    Musculoskeletal disorders are widely recognised as making up a significant proportion of work-related harm. Less well known is the increasing evidence of a link between musculoskeletal risk and psychosocial risk, and how this link offers new potential to explore harm minimisation.

    Dr Joanne Crawford, the WorkSafe New Zealand Chair in Health and Safety at Victoria University of Wellington, has co-authored a recently published study which explores these and other MSD factors.

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    Dr Carl Horsley on Safety-II in healthcare

  • Peter Bateman
    April 29, 2020
    Dr Carl Horsley is an intensive care specialist with Middlemore Hospital’s Critical Care Complex. He and his multidisciplinary team have successfully adopted a Safety-II approach based on curiosity rather than compliance in what is a complex and unpredictable working environment. He and the team were centrally involved in dealing with the Whakaari eruption as well as preparing for the potential impacts of COVID-19.

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    Grant Nicholson on Covid-19 and the law

  • Peter Bateman
    April 20, 2020
    Essential industries remain operating under Level 4 lockdown, while many others are working out how to safely resume operations once NZ moves to Level 3.

    Grant Nicholson, a partner with Anthony Harper and a specialist in health & safety, will respond to questions relating to health & safety law in the context of operating in this pandemic environment.

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