55292 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Written Question

Published date: 09 Dec 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	55292 (2025)
Question asked:	25 Nov 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister replying:	Hon Brooke van Velden
Answer received:	03 Dec 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_55292_2025
Document guid:	ec0d4150-229c-4e9d-aa91-3698f0abb4a5

55292 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Further to her reply to Question 52318 (2025), does WorkSafe follow up with Road Controlling Authorities if they do not respond to WorkSafe monthly surveys regarding outputs and impacts of the road cone hotline and if not, why not?

Hon Brooke van Velden: I am advised by WorkSafe New Zealand that its monthly impact surveys to Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) are voluntary, and it is not compulsory to respond. If WorkSafe has not received a response from an RCA, a reminder is sent. Strengthened engagement with RCAs as part of the road cone hotline pilot process has resulted in consistently high monthly survey response rates.