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Submissions, product developments, new regions and what we are seeing on New Zealand sites.
Company · 1 October 2026
Introducing Workdek Partner
Workdek has added a second route for operators who want to offer the system without taking on a franchise. It is aimed squarely at businesses already working on building sites.
Regulation · 25 September 2026
A prohibition notice is not a suggestion
An Auckland builder has been fined after workers went back to working at height on a residential site days after WorkSafe ordered them to stop. The lesson is about what happens on site when the programme is under pressure.
On site · 28 August 2026
What happened when a national builder changed its method statements
Golden Homes did not run a product trial. They tested safety decking on live sites under real programme pressure, then wrote it into their method statements across a national licensee network.
Company · 28 August 2026
Workdek named a finalist in the Site Safe 2026 Health & Safety Awards
Workdek has been named a finalist in the Safety Innovation category of the Site Safe New Zealand Health & Safety Awards 2026.
Research · 25 August 2026
What an independent assessor found across five New Zealand projects
Most claims about working at height are made by the people selling the solution. So we commissioned someone independent to measure it instead.
Regulation · 22 August 2026
Our submission to Parliament: falls above 1.3 metres should be a critical risk
In March 2026 Workdek made a submission to the select committee on the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill.
Regulation · 19 August 2026
Twenty years on: what the UK did about falls from height
In April 2026 MBIE asked us what we knew about how working platforms are used overseas. The United Kingdom solved a version of this problem two decades ago, and the mechanism was regulatory.