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Board and officer due diligence
Support for boards, elected members and executives to meet the officer due diligence duty, with independent assurance over the critical risks.
Health, safety, quality and risk consultancy
Independent health, safety, quality and risk expertise for New Zealand organisations.
QHSE is an independent health and safety consultancy based in Palmerston North, working throughout New Zealand. Services include board and officer due diligence support, health and safety audits and advice, SafePlus assessments, ACC Accredited Employer Programme audits, independent investigations, risk and quality management, machine safety, and training in root cause analysis and ISO 9001 internal auditing.
Sectors
Experience across New Zealand industry
Health and safety consultancy for any workplace in New Zealand.
Commencing 1 April 2027
The Health and Safety at Work Act is changing
The Amendment Act passed in July 2026. Its provisions giving approved codes of practice safe-harbour status are already in force; the rest, including the sharper focus on critical risks, the provisions for PCBUs with fewer than 20 workers and the narrowed officer duty, commence on 1 April 2027.
Every organisation has until then to work out what it means for them. For a small business, where the owner is usually the director and the officer as well, the first job is knowing exactly which parts apply to you.
How QHSE helps
What it means for you
A plain briefing for the board, the executive or the wider organisation on what changes, what stays the same, and what it means for their duties.
Where you stand
A review of the current system against the sharpened focus on critical risks, and an honest view of what needs to move.
What to do next
A readiness plan with the work sequenced ahead of 1 April 2027, covering risk registers, reporting and governance.
Accreditations
- HASANZ Registered
- SafePlus Accredited Assessor
- ACC AEP Auditor
- CertProf NZISM
- Certified Machinery Safety Expert
- Certified Quality Manager (NZOQ)
Ways to work together
Four ways to work with QHSE
Each engagement starts with the organisation's actual risk and ends with something practical: a board that can see what it needs to see, a report it can act on, a system that works, or a trained team.
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Boards and officers
Due diligence plans, the information the board actually needs and the reporting to deliver it, independent assurance over the critical risks, and briefings for directors and elected members.
Audit and assessment
Independent health and safety audits, gap analyses and system reviews, SafePlus assessments and ACC AEP audits. A clear picture of where the organisation stands and a written report it can act on.
Advice
Practical advice on health and safety, risk and quality systems, sized to the organisation and its risk profile, including what the HSWA changes mean before they take effect. Available on call when a question comes up, and on a project basis when there is work to do.
Training
Root cause analysis and corrective action training using ICAM and HOP methodology, and ISO 9001 internal auditor training. Delivered in-house for organisations and on behalf of NZOQ.
Services
Services, in plain language
Each service is described on the services page: what the client gets, and who it suits.
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Getting ready for the HSWA changes
The Amendment Act takes effect on 1 April 2027. Briefings, a review against the sharpened focus on critical risks, and a readiness plan.
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Audits and advice
Independent health and safety audits, gap analyses and system reviews, with practical advice matched to the organisation's actual risk.
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SafePlus assessments
Accredited onsite assessment and advice against the ten SafePlus performance requirements, with a written report, maturity ratings and practical recommendations.
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ACC AEP audits
ACC-accredited auditing for employers in the Accredited Employer Programme, plus readiness reviews for those preparing for an audit or applying to join.
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Independent investigations
Incident, near miss and notifiable event investigation from outside the organisation, using ICAM, with findings that stand up to scrutiny.
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Risk management
Risk framework design, critical risk identification, controls assurance and facilitated risk assessment, aligned to ISO 31000.
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Quality management
Quality system development, internal audit programmes and process improvement aligned to ISO 9001.
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Machine and electrical safety
Machinery safety assessment, guarding and safeguarding review, and compliance work for plant, equipment and in-service electrical testing.
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On-call advice
Pick up the phone when a question comes up. The first conversation is free, and the next step gets worked out together.
Credentials
Who you are dealing with
QHSE is a New Zealand health and safety consultancy, with quality and risk alongside, built on nearly fifty years in high-risk industries across aviation, manufacturing, roading and infrastructure, government and local government, and defence.
Start with a conversation
Talk it through first.
Get in touch for a conversation about what you need. The first conversation is free, and the next step is worked out together.