Phil Parkes
The Week in Detail: Aotea restoration, KiwiRail off the track, and workplace dangers
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Apprentices' lives put at risk on the job
New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades. Audio
Significant change needed on safety in construction - WorkSafe CEO
WorkSafe has admitted the mahi it's been doing to prevent construction workers from being killed and injured on the job has not been enough.
The health and safety watchdog is now appealing for… Audio
"Unexpected but not unforseeable" charges laid over Whakaari
"Unexpected but not unforseeable." Those were the words from Worksafe boss Phil Parkes as he announced 13 parties have been charged over the Whakaari White Island disaster which killed 22 people… Audio
WorkSafe CEO on investigations report
An independent report on workplace health and safety regulator Worksafe has found a number of failures in the way investigations of deaths and injuries on the job are handle.
Yet the report draws the… Audio
WorkSafe fronts up on low investigation numbers
WorkSafe's Chief Executive Phil Parkes joins Kathryn to respond to criticism the agency isn't taking on enough investigations. Earlier in the week we heard from a health and safety lawyer and union… Audio
WorkSafe promises to crack down on 'hidden' deaths
The government agency WorkSafe is promising to clamp down over 'hidden' deaths that have sent the tally of work-place fatalities rocketing.
The official count made in 2018 was 42 deaths.
That more… Audio
Whakaari/White Island: WorkSafe on investigation
Police divers were not sure if they would be back in the waters off Whakaari/White Island on Tuesday looking for two bodies still missing after the deadly eruption last week.
The police national dive… Audio