Port Fatalities Notified
d to 
WorkSafe New Zealand  
(1 January 2004 to 31 December 
2014) 
 
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The Request 
Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch, requested the number of port fatalities notified to WorkSafe 
New Zealand (WorkSafe) from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2014.   
The Response 
From 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2014, WorkSafe received 13 fatality notifications at ports. 
See Table 1 below for further information.  
Table 1. Port Fatalities Notified to WorkSafe New Zealand  
(1 January 2004 to 31 December 2014) 
Annual 
Port Area 
2004 
2006 
2008 
2009  2010  2011  2013  2014 
Total 
Centreport Wellington 
1      1  2 
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch 
1 
 
1 
 
 
 
1 
1 
4 
Napier 
Port 
 1         1 
NorthPort 
Whangarei 
       1 1 
Port of Tauranga 
 
 
 
 
1 
1 
 
1 
3 
Port 
Waikato 
     1      1 
Whitianga 
Marina 
       1 1 
Annual Total 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
4 
13 
Source: Worksafe New Zealand Information Management System.                     Updated 1 July 2015.                           
 
 
 
Exclusions 
Data pertaining to the maritime, aviation, or transport sectors, as these sectors do not fall within 
the jurisdiction of Worksafe New Zealand.  Data relating to these incidents are retained by 
Maritime New Zealand, Civil Aviation Authority, and New Zealand Police, respectively.   
 
 
 

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