Announcements

The New Zealand Journal of Health and Safety Practice is delighted to announce its first edition will be published on 2 April 2024. We are making this call for submissions that meet our publishing objectives set out here. We will welcome submissions from a wide range of authors in New Zealand and beyond, often with no or minimal author processing charges.

The journal is open access, published online only and has no subscription charges. It will fill a gap between trade publications and long-established academic journals.

The founders and Editorial Board thank the initial journal funders and staff of Victoria University of Wellington Library who helped make the journal possible.

• Special edition on due diligence and future changes in the Journal

  2026-07-17

  Special edition

  Apologies for the short notice but we plan to publish a special edition of the NZ Journal of Health and Safety Practice in early September 2026 on the subject of due diligence duties of officers under the New Zealand Health and Safety at Work Act or the Australian equivalent legislation. Submissions between 1,250 to  6,000 words will be welcome.

  Submissions will not incur an article processing charge.

  Future changes

  From 1 January each submission will be subject to (1) an initial editorial review followed by (2) an anonymous peer review by an academic (to ensure academic integrity) and a senior practitioner from the relevant discipline (to ensure relevance to that discipline).

  If you are willing to be either an academic or practitioner reviewer please log on to the website and update your preferences. We suggest you use a personal email address for the Journal to avoid losing contact if you change jobs.

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• Artificial intelligence and work health and safety

  2026-04-02

  The New Zealand Journal of Health and Safety Practice is interested in receiving submissions about artificial intelligence (AI) and work health and safety. 

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• HASANZ Conference 2026 Special Edition

  2025-10-19

  The Health and Safety Association New Zealand (HASANZ) has announced the 2026 HASANZ Conference to be held at the Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wellington from 16 to 18 September 2026.

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