2021 New Zealand Security Awards Finalists We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2021 New Zealand Security Awards. This year we received in excess of 120 nominations, many of which were of an exceptional standard. It was noticeable that there was a wide disparity in the number of nominations across the categories with […]

CEO’s REPORT Welcome to our July 2021 newsletter and I trust that you are keeping safe and well. It has certainly been a few hectic months for the team at the NZSA, our members and industry as a whole. Within this newsletter we provide some important information with regards to the inclusion of Security Officers […]

Due to changes to the Employment Relations Act, security staff will be deemed vulnerable employees from 1 July this year. This could have a significant impact on the industry. The NZSA is holding a webinar to discuss what it means to the security industry and what is required of employers to accommodate the change. Book […]

Standards Discussion Document – AS 2201.2 Intruder Alarm Systems, Part 2, Monitoring Centres The EL-031 Working Group has prepared an update to the 2004 Standard for Monitoring Centres and the draft document is currently available for public feedback and comment. The NZSA has been represented on the EL-031 Working Group by Doug McCormick, Gallaghers, and […]

  Nominations now open We are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2021 New Zealand Security Awards are now open. For further information about the nomination criteria and to complete a nomination, please visit our website. Nominations close at 5pm on Thursday 15 July 2021. Please note that all nominations must be registered on […]

Important employment matters We would like to bring the following matters to your attention: Fair Pay Agreements The Government has announced its plan for FPAs with first agreements targeted for 2022 and likely to cover security workers. The NZSA will actively lobby on behalf of the security industry and coordinate industry representation. Fair Pay Agreement […]

Russell McVeagh present Competition Law – an NZSA & ASIS webinar – Monday 10 May at 12.00pm To save the date in your calendar please click here Russell McVeagh will be presenting a webinar on the laws prohibiting anti-competitive conduct by businesses (being the laws that are contained in the Commerce Act and enforced by […]

CEO’s REPORT Welcome to our May 2021 newsletter and I trust that you are keeping safe and well. It’s always good to see a plan come to fruition, even if the initial delivery is a bit later than originally planned! In February 2020 we secured a funding grant from the Ministry of Education (MOE) under […]

Licensed to investigate? A bombshell legal decision has ruled that consultants offering workplace investigation services must be licensed as private investigators unless they hold another equivalent form of accreditation. After hearing a complaint about the way a consulting company handled an investigation into alleged workplace misconduct, the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority, Trish McConnell, found […]

CEO’s Report Welcome to our March 2021 newsletter and I trust that you are keeping safe and well. The news that we were going back into lockdown restrictions (Level 3 for Auckland and Level 2 for the rest of the country) necessitated a quick re-write of this commentary given my earlier draft had celebrated the […]