About the Journal

The New Zealand Journal of Health and Safety Practice (NZJHSP) is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal for the publication of research into, and the practice of, workplace and occupational health and safety in New Zealand and other countries.

All content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

The journal is hosted by Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka and was first published on 2 April 2024. It does not make article processing charges (APCs).

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.Initial sponsors are acknowledged in the first edition. Journal finances are managed by HASANZ.

Keywords

New Zealand; workplace health and safety; occupational health and safety; practice; occupational hygiene; human factors

Announcements

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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Current Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2026): AI, Ethics, Critical Controls

This edition includes articles of topical interest including artificial intelligence and critical controls.

Published: 2026-07-16

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