Find out more about managing and working with asbestos.
With input from industry, we are currently working on redeveloping and updating our asbestos-related guidance.
This Asbestos Awareness Week (November 18–24 2024) we remind tradies and businesses that there are no excuses for not protecting workers from the risk of asbestos exposure.
Access the latest guidance on working with asbestos. You can also find information on duties relating to work involving asbestos – licensed and unlicensed.
This guidance is for anyone interested in the history of asbestos in New Zealand and the diseases it can cause.
Guidance for businesses, commercial and residential landlords, body corporates, and information on asbestos management plans.
This information provides advice about what homeowners or residential tenants should do if they think there could be asbestos in their home or on their property.
This Approved Code of Practice sets out WorkSafe New Zealand’s (WorkSafe) expectations about how to comply with asbestos health and safety law, including the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016.
Find out whether you'll need a licence under the asbestos removal licence system and how to go about applying for one.
Find out where and how to safely dispose of asbestos containing material.
Find a current licenced asbestos removalist or assessor using the Asbestos Licence Holder Register.
This policy clarification explains our view of the duty to indicate the presence and location of asbestos and asbestos-containing material (ACM) in the workplace. It includes situations in which asbestos and ACM are assumed to be present.
This guidance provides information about personal protective equipment (PPE) for working with or near asbestos.
