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hard news
Site Safe
THE 2019 SITE Safe Construction Health & Safety Awards are now open to entries from businesses and individuals who have “done that special something extra” when it comes to health and safety.
And this year Site Safe
has added another category
– wellness – to reflect the growing focus on mental wellbeing in the New Zealand construction industry.
Past winners of the Awards
have included inspirational
workplace safety people, inventive technology developed by Kiwi firms
and innovative techniques for keeping workers safe in all kinds of situations from trucking to scaffolding and drilling.
Free to enter for businesses of all sizes, winners from each category receive a trophy, a $1,000 gift card and a case study story in Site Safe’s membership magazine Safety Insite.
Last year’s Site Safe Awards WorkSafe Safety Contribution Award winner, Sione Lolohea of APS and team.
The awards are open to both Site Safe member and non-member companies until 2 September.
The awards will be presented on 6 November at Alexandra Park in Auckland alongside the graduation of students
who have completed the Site Safe New Zealand Certificate in Workplace Health & Safety Practice.
www.sitesafe.org.nz
Widget qualifies Buy
NZ Made status
New Zealand’s iconic Buy New Zealand Made trademark is now available as a website widget to make it easier for consumers to check whether a New Zealand Made logo is legitimate.
A unique embed code allows retailers to display the NZ Made logo on their site along with their unique licence number.
Auckland-based software developer Stream Interactive built the widget and Business Development Director Steve Wardley says licencees can choose a size and colour option that suits and paste a script into their own website.
The logo is automatically linked to the retailers’ licensed product list on the Buy NZ Made website.
Snug Bags is the first New Zealand company to display the site widget on its website, www.snugbags.com.
Current licence holders can contact Buy NZ Made to replace existing logos with the New Zealand Made Site Widget code.
https://buynz.org.nz/
Aquatica celebrates 20th birthday
20 years ago, Malcolm and Christina Box started Aquatica in their family garage selling tapware and laundry tubs.
Aquatica has now extended their business model into quality baths, toilets, vanities and
showers, many of which are designed
in New Zealand by their own in-house engineering team, assembled and tested on-site.
Well known as a company that goes above and beyond for those who work for them, to celebrate Aquatica turning 20-years old, every staff member and their partner will embark on a four-day cruise around New Zealand as a celebration early next year.
Before then, the company invites everyone to visit its stand at the Auckland Home Show over 4-8 September, have a coffee and view its latest existing kitchen, bathroom and laundry products.
www.aquatica.co.nz
Seen and heard around the hardware channel
FLOWER POWER IS back! – The Yates- backed National Gardening Week is back with a “Flower Power” theme. Running over 21-28 October 2019 the call is out to brighten up your neighbourhood by creating a riot of colour. Registering online between 1 and 14 October gets you a free packet of seeds from the Yates flower range including flowers for colour, flowers for the bees and butterflies and flowers that are perfect for picking.
www.yates.co.nz/ nationalgardeningweek
Hettich’s fab Friday promo – A sales promotion running
alongside Hettich’s July
to September trailer tour
of the country’s joiners, invites customer to order promo product and go into a draw to win a “Frank’n’stein Friday” – in other words a workplace
shout with BBQ and beverages courtesy of their Hettich Territory Manager. Can’t be a bad way to end the week!
www.hettich.co.nz
New flagship for Thomsons ITM
– By now Thomsons ITM Drury will have relocated from its former Great South Road location to Hunua Road in Papakura. Trading as Papakura ITM, this new flagship South Auckland store boasts a 3500m2 yard complete with a drive-through and an extensive showroom.
www.thomsonsitm.co.nz
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