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As a community, the University must go beyond legislative compliance to a culture that is proactive in supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of all its members.

The Health, Safety and Wellbeing Service is there to support the University in achieving this.

Tēnā koutou katoa

The University places the health, safety and wellbeing of its community at the heart of everything it does.  Our new Strategic Plan, Taumata Teitei, reflects this in our values - Respect and Integrity, Excellence and Service, and in our commitment to the principle of Manaakitanga - Caring for those around us in the way we relate to each other.

As the governing body of the University, the Council is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace, for staff, students and visitors, which the University will achieve by: 

• Ensuring that all our leaders demonstrate a serious commitment to sound health, safety and wellbeing working practices.
• Ensuring that all our leaders, staff and students share a mutual commitment to building and maintaining healthy and safe work, research and study practices.
• Receiving regular reports of our accident and incident rates, and other performance measures, which should be at or better than appropriate sector norms. 
• Ensuring that our organisational culture is characterised by attitudes to health, safety and wellbeing which are proactive, responsible and based on mutual respect and regard.

Legislation imposes statutory duties on the University, its governors, its leaders and its staff, (generally and in relation to specific health, safety and wellbeing topics), whilst civil law imposes a wider duty of care to protect staff, students and other people from harm. But as a community, the University must go beyond legislative compliance to a culture that is proactive in supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of all its members.

This transformation will require commitment from each and every member of staff and students, working with our health, safety and wellbeing policy and University practices, to build a culture of 'zero work-related injury and ill-health'.

I know that I can rely on your support to achieve this result, for the benefit of all. 

"He korowai āta raranga, He korowai whakaruruhau, Mō tātou katoa.” “A carefully woven cloak, is a protective cloak for us all.” 

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Version: 2
Last Updated: Oct 2022
Next Review: Oct 2024
Owner: hsw@auckland.ac.nz
Approver: Associate Director, Health Safety & Wellbeing