Author Rachel Loo
MBIE is looking for input ahead of new regulations for building materials certified overseas to be recognised for use in New Zealand. It is hoped that regulations will be promulgated by the third quarter 2025.
An AustRoads report offers advice on equipment used when transporting children and young people with disabilities or medical issues. It found nearly half of parents in Australia and new Zealand made the decision to purchase with no professional support and recommends a further look at school buses and importer registration practices.
HR expert EmploymentHero has prepared an excellent and practical report on understanding the disciplinary process in New Zealand. Despite the more pleasant side of HR from building a strong culture to promoting career development, some elements are less fun. No one likes to deal with misconduct but the reality of a workplace is that sometimes, you’re going to have to go through the disciplinary process.
AI skills are as essential today as computer skills were 30 years ago. Progression from AI fear to FOMO was already underway in the US by March last year according to a survey from Freshworks of 7000 workers. Companies are ramping up AI training because they can’t afford to wait. Nearly half the workers surveyed believe any company not using AI is likely to fail.
Read this McKinsey report on the five level scale for all vehicles from gears and self-drive to fully autonomous. Ride-hailing services with Autonomous Vehicles (AV) are in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin and San Francisco. In China, autonomous taxis and shuttles are even more normal. Next up are public trials in Oslo, several German cities, the UAE and Singapore.
SiteWise Reaches 10-Year Milestone, Empowering Thousands in Health and Safety
Industry-leading online pre-qualification system, SiteWise, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of commitment to health and safety excellence. Continue →
WorkSafe to spend $2.7m on additional inspectors
WorkSafe New Zealand is adding up to 60 new recruits to its inspectorate this year and has just opened its first intake
WorkSafe is investing an extra $2.7 million annually into growing its inspectorate. Continue →
The EC’s Occupational Safety and Health agency has produced a discussion paper on the safety implications for workers using zero of low emission transport. The paper elaborates on the use of electric batteries, hydrogen, CNG, LNG, ammonia and LOHCs. The corresponding material safety data sheet (MSDS) of the sustainable fuel is used as the basis for assessing OSH risks. An MSDS provides basic information on a material or chemical product.
The recycling of urban organics could showcase a circular economy Outdated Australian regulations have come under review. It will require a comprehensive, system-wide approach to quality management. Each stakeholder across the supply chain ‒ from waste producers to processors and end-users ‒ bears a critical responsibility in ensuring the efficacy of this cycle
Being prepared for anything from climate disasters to infrastructure failures makes resilience a necessity rather than a choice. First, look at reports from a webinar on March 17 by CMCC with Igor Linkov, an expert in risk prevention and management. Then follow the reports on resilience in infrastructure after an event on 27 March by Infrastructure NZ.
Companies are redesigning workflows, elevating governance, and mitigating more risks in a beginning to create the structures and processes that lead to meaningful value from gen AI.
If customers or employees lack trust in AI systems, they won’t use them. Trust in AI comes via understanding the outputs of AI-powered software and how they are created. In a 2024 McKinsey survey 40 percent of respondents identified explainability as a key risk in adopting generative AI. Yet only 17 percent said they were currently working to mitigate it
One of the largest firms in the global private markets industry invests up to A$1.2 billion to transform GreenSquareDC into a next-generation data centre platform in Australia , hopefully with spillover to New Zealand.
Development activity in non-residential real estate is slowing as large-scale projects initiated in recent years reach completion and add to the impact of a weak economic backdrop on occupier demand, according to Colliers
The Infrastructure Priorities Programme is an autonomous crown entity and operates as an independent and standardised process to identify proposals and projects that will meet New Zealand’s strategic objectives, represent good value for money and can be delivered. The second round of applications is open from 10 February to 17 April 2025.
Outlook by market and sector will vary, often significantly, leading CBRE to adopt “Steady Growth, Split Performance: Navigating a Multispeed Recovery” as the key property theme for AsiaPacific 2025
Lack of understanding at a governance level had led to poor decision making in Wellington, such as a focus on leak fixes as opposed to pipe replacement which, while politically palatable, is not a cost-effective approach
A report in the New York Times on the US bird flu pandemic says it is no longer confined to birds. For several years, the virus has been jumping from wild birds into wild mammals, and last March it was identified in cows for the first time.
