39160 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Written Question

Published date: 21 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	39160 (2025)
Question asked:	10 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister replying:	Hon Brooke van Velden
Answer received:	18 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_39160_2025
Document guid:	a1f42a27-858a-4470-9091-ceba6a10c6a8

39160 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Further to reply 36978, given that the road cone hotline is a publicly funded initiative, why are individual complaints and their resolutions not made available in the Minister’s monthly reports to allow for appropriate oversight?

Hon Brooke van Velden: A summary of valid notifications received through the road cone hotline is included in the monthly reports provided to me by WorkSafe New Zealand. Oversight of individual complaints and their resolution is undertaken by the appropriate Road Controlling Authority (RCA). I am advised that WorkSafe is working closely with New Zealand Transport Agency and other RCAs to finalise a reporting system that will enable RCAs to provide follow-up reporting to WorkSafe on the outcomes of their assessments of the sites reported.