7745 (2026). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Written Question

Published date: 17 Mar 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	7745 (2026)
Question asked:	09 Mar 2026
Member asking:	Hon Jan Tinetti
Portfolio:	Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister replying:	Hon Brooke van Velden
Answer received:	11 Mar 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_07745_2026
Document guid:	cb047f10-d942-42d1-808b-04947faa1bcf

7745 (2026). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: How many, if any, serious workplace accidents were reported to WorkSafe during the week of March 2nd 2026?

Hon Brooke van Velden: I am advised that from 2 to 8 March 2026 WorkSafe New Zealand received 70 notifications of serious workplace accidents (66 notifications of injury and four notifications of fatal harm, per my response to Written Question 7744 (2026)).