The New Zealand Journal of Health and Safety Practice (NZJHSP)

The journal is an open access, online publication hosted by Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and first published on 2 April 2024. It is funded by small capitation fees and author publication fees paid to the Health and Safety Association NZ (HASANZ); journal finances are managed by HASANZ. Subscriptions are free of charge. Supporters of volume 1 are acknowledged in the first edition.

The journal was conceived to be a kete aronui – a basket of knowledge of health and safety practice in Aoteoroa New Zealand and elsewhere. It is multidisciplinary, aiming at all practitioners and professionals seeking an in-depth understanding of the health, safety, and wellbeing of people in and arising from workplaces and occupations. NZJHSP will enable dissemination of research evidence to inform decisions by managers, regulatory agencies, politicians, academics, students, researchers, and policy makers.

The content is written by health and safety researchers, practitioners, professionals, and postgraduate students and will, we hope, contribute to the practice of health and safety in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere. Readers are likely to include occupational health and safety practitioners and professionals, safety engineers, regulators, researchers, psychologists, and health and safety policy makers. We welcome submissions from members of professional organisations that are full or associate members of the Health and Safety Association NZ (HASANZ, https://www.hasanz.org.nz/) as well as submissions that extend knowledge of health and safety practice-related issues from authors in other organisations or countries.