Face masks available The NZSA has face masks from the Ministry of Health government stocks. These masks are Ministry of Health approved for essential services. The masks are available to order in boxes of 50. The price of one box is $50 + gst plus the cost of delivery to your premises. If you would […]

The NZSA has been invited by MBIE to make a security industry submission on this year’s minimum wage review, refer to the MBIE_letter. To ensure that we are representing our members effectively and correctly, we would welcome input from members by completing the MBIE_minimum wage questionnaire and returning to us at [email protected] by no later […]

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) are looking for suitably qualified and experienced Security Guard and associated services throughout New Zealand. They are looking for multiple suppliers across the geographical spread and are open to suppliers collaborating together to provide services across a range of regions. The range of services include: Security Guards Mobile […]

Police have released a strategy to assist owners and operators increase the safety, protection and resilience of crowded places across New Zealand. Protecting Our Crowded Places from Attack: New Zealand’s Strategy sets out a consistent approach to promote the safety of crowded places. It explains what crowded places are, the risks they pose, and how […]

Employee vs contractor – the differences Hiring workers as either employees or contractors can be lawful provided that the correct type of working arrangement is used in each situation. Employees work for you while contractors work for themselves. You need to know whether your worker is an employee or a contractor because your responsibilities as […]

CEO’s REPORT Welcome to our September 2020 newsletter. Similar to many of my associates and colleagues, I take great pride in our industry and the people who work within it. Over the last six months I have observed the industry as a whole, including employers and employees, stand up and deliver essential services to a […]

As many of you will be aware, the Government yesterday announced measures that will see Defense Force personnel deployed to the managed isolation and quarantine facilities to take over a number of functions currently provided by private security staff. The announcement also stated they would move to a model of direct employment of security guards […]

Licensing Trish McConnell of the PSPLA has provided the following update regarding licensing: As Wellington remains at Level 2 business is continuing as per normal with all applications being processed in the usual way. The only issue we have faced to date is that a number of the Auckland post shops are closed and so […]

We have received feedback from several providers that staff are being stopped at the borders and prevented from traveling out of Auckland in order to undertake urgent essential services. There are exemptions that do apply (see below) however they are very constraining. They do however cover those who are employed or contracted to provide services […]

Last night the NZ Government announced that the greater Auckland area will move to Alert Level 3 for three days, commencing at midday today, and the rest of the country will move to Alert Level 2. The guidelines provided by the government include maintaining physical distancing, hand washing, regular cleaning programmes and wearing of PPE, […]