43094 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Written Question

Published date: 14 Sep 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	43094 (2025)
Question asked:	01 Sep 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister replying:	Hon Brooke van Velden
Answer received:	08 Sep 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_43094_2025
Document guid:	7f080ce9-b4b6-4656-bb69-5574d3cdc2aa

43094 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: How many road cones, if any, were removed from worksites as a result of investigations undertaken following reports of excessive road cone use to WorkSafe’s Road Cone Hotline and how does that number breakdown by region?

Hon Brooke van Velden: I am advised that Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) are responsible for the removal of excess road cones as part of their assessment of sites against approved traffic management plans. WorkSafe has implemented a monthly questionnaire to collect information from RCAs about their actions in relation to road cone hotline notifications, including an indication of over- or non-compliance. RCAs complete the questionnaire on a voluntary basis; they are not required to provide exact numbers of road cones removed.