Practical SME service · Auckland & Waikato

Māori Health and Safety Consultancy

Health and safety works best when legal duties, worker voice, whānau impact and values-based leadership reinforce one another.

Designed for small and medium-sized businesses that need credible evidence and workable controls without employing a full-time H&S team.

The client’s problem

When good intentions are not enough.

Compliance-only systems can overlook trust, connection, psychological wellbeing and the realities workers bring to the job. At the same time, cultural language must never be used as a substitute for effective controls or legal compliance.

Who this service suits

Built for real organisations.

  • Māori-owned businesses and social enterprises
  • Iwi, hapū, marae and community organisations
  • Mainstream organisations seeking culturally responsive practice
  • SMEs wanting stronger worker participation
  • Leaders building wellbeing into an ISO 45001 system

What Auditsure examines

Evidence, practice and control.

  • 01Legal duties, critical risks and operational controls
  • 02Taha tinana: physical health and safety
  • 03Taha hinengaro: mental and emotional wellbeing
  • 04Taha whānau: participation, relationships and connection
  • 05Taha wairua: values, purpose and leadership

What you receive

A useful way forward.

  • A practical and culturally responsive gap review
  • Worker-engagement and consultation recommendations
  • Critical-risk and wellbeing priorities
  • Plain-language improvement plan
  • Support integrating the approach into existing systems

Relevant experience

Advice grounded in the work.

John Kerr is Māori, a former social worker and an experienced H&S practitioner. He has applied Te Whare Tapa Whā thinking alongside HSWA and ISO management-system principles across high-risk and community-facing work.

Auditsure is based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, works throughout Waikato, and supports Māori and community organisations across Aotearoa by arrangement.

SME support without the corporate overhead

What does your business need to get right?

Tell John what you are working through, how many people you have and what your client or project requires. Auditsure will identify a proportionate next step without overselling the solution.