Health and safety contractor resources

This handbook provides contractors and sub-contractors of Northland Regional Council (NRC) with basic information about working together in health and safety.

Under the Health & Safety Work Act 2015 (HSWA) NRC must ensure that contractors and their sub-contractors working for NRC (and in some cases volunteer work) have due regard to health and safety.

Contract conditions

The awarding of contracts by the council is determined not only on the criteria of price and technical ability, but also on the current ability of those tendering to carry out planned work safely and without health risk or harm.

No company shall enter into a contract arrangement with the Northland Regional Council without first having provided sufficient information and documentation to assure the council that there are satisfactory health and safety systems in place.

Failure to provide sufficient information may result in contractors being removed or excluded from the council tender process and result in exclusion from providing services to the council. The Northland Regional Council has a pre-qualification system and use SiteWise to manage this.

What is SiteWise?

SiteWise’s independent system grades a contractor’s health and safety capability by reviewing your documentation and processes against set criteria.

Read - 'Information for contractors on SiteWise pre-qualification' (PDF 168 KB)

Go to - sitewise.co.nz/howitworks/swgreen

Health and safety handbook for contractors and sub-contractors

This handbook covers all the necessary information to guide you through the process of getting approved and undertaking work with us.

NRC Health and safety handbook for contractors (2026) (PDF 779 KB)

Who do you talk to at the regional council?

Each contractor will have a designated Contract Manager (CM) assigned to them. This person will have the skills to advise you, will be responsible for promoting safety and ensuring that all requirements are complied with.