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Our Safety AdviceLine is the gateway to your solutions

Call our Member-only Safety AdviceLine as often as you need. Our in-house Health and Safety Advisor is available to answer your questions and connect you with relevant resources or consultants.

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How our health and safety support works

Whatever stage you're at with your health and safety concern, we can support you.

Safety AdviceLine

Make informed decisions for your business with practical support from our Member-only Safety AdviceLine. Call us on 0800 300 362.

Resource library

Set yourself up for success with our comprehensive library of guides and policies that will help you make the right decision for your business.

Expert support

Connect with our expert health and safety consultants at Member-only rates. We can support you with a full range of issues, from OHS system design to emergency management.

Training

Gain confidence in the complex with our NZQA qualified health and safety courses covering everything safety and compliance. 

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Professional health and safety training

Health and Safety Representative Stage 1 (Essential Training)

Health and Safety Representative Stage 2 (Advanced Training)

EMA Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (Level 3)

NZ Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 4)

NZ Diploma in Workplace H&S Management (Level 6)

Managing Machinery Risk

Health and Safety for Managers and Supervisors

Digital Skills for Industry

Supervision – An Introduction

Health and Safety

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"The EMA provide, prompt, thorough and efficient service. Their staff are highly knowledgeable and extremely helpful."
"Recommended this course for anyone interested in becoming a Health and Safety Representative. This course is a perfect mix of written material, videos, interactive activities and peer learning opportunities."
"I find the AdviceLine service to be prompt and knowledgeable. Efficient with sending any resource recommended. It’s good to speak with people who can assist immediately."
"This Health & Safety course provides the knowledge and confidence to take on the Health & Safety role with confidence and a newfound understanding and respect of the importance of Health & Safety in all workforces."
"The person I spoke with was very helpful and was able to offer excellent advice which helped me be able to support an employee through a sensitive situation."
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We provide end-to-end health and safety solutions for New Zealand businesses

We provide end-to-end health and safety solutions for New Zealand businesses

General health and safety: induction training, hazard management

Workplace environment: ergonomics, noise control

Obligations: legal requirements, incident reporting

Specific situations: remote work policies, travel safety tips

Emergency preparedness: evacuation plans, emergency response training

Employee injury and compensation: return to work, sick leave and ACC payments

General health and safety: induction training, hazard management

Workplace environment: ergonomics, noise control

Obligations: legal requirements, incident reporting

Specific situations: remote work policies, travel safety tips

Emergency preparedness: evacuation plans, emergency response training

Employee injury and compensation: return to work, sick leave and ACC payments

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Meet the team that keeps you compliant and in control

We have a team of advisors, lawyers and consultants who do more than take a case – they’ll help you solve problems and build your business and a future.

Rebekah Stephen

Health & Safety Advisor

Mauro Barsi

Head of Legal, Consultancy and General Counsel

Linda Browne

Health and Safety Consultant

Steve Schroder

Health and Safety Consultant

Keith Robinson

Health & Safety Consultant

Geoff Brokenshire

Health & Safety Consultant

Sheree Camilleri

Health & Safety Consultant​

Susan Rhodes

Health and Safety Consultant

Dave Pinchen

Health and Safety Consultant

Lisa Oakley

ER, HR and H&S Consultant

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Rebekah Stephens

Rebekah joined the EMA in March 2025 as the health and safety expert on the AdviceLine and is ready to answer your questions. She has a wealth of knowledge in health and safety and can advise on the most suitable training for your team and connect you to the appropriate consultant to use for Health and Safety projects in your business.

Rebekah is passionate about keeping workers safe and believes that the best outcomes are achieved when managers and workers are collaborating for continuous improvement.

She holds a Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety Management Level 6 and has over 7 years of experience in health and safety roles across various industries, including healthcare, social assistance, food storage and distribution, manufacturing, and construction. This gives her unique insights into the challenges NZ organisations face in interpreting and implementing health and safety strategies.

Mauro Barsi

Head of Legal, Consultancy and General Counsel

Mauro is an experienced advocate for businesses and employers and a trusted advisor when you need it most. He brings a powerful mix of practical knowledge in Employment Relations and Human Resources, litigation experience; and time spent as a senior leader in both the public and private sectors, all to help resolve your issues quickly and effectively. 

Having worked in-house with organisations to manage growth and transformation projects, his broad business management knowledge means he brings an overarching approach to issues. Mauro helps businesses shape their organisations through strategy, bargaining, restructuring and the implementation of new people structures, through to managing personal grievances, investigations, and employment disputes.

Linda Browne

Passionate about working in partnership, Linda prides herself on helping businesses take charge of their health and safety and providing tailored solutions that work in the real world. She is a qualified Health and Safety & Quality Manager with more than 20 years of industry experience that includes, pulp and paper, manufacturing, electrical, timber, geothermal and agricultural sectors. She brings expertise in Health and Safety Management Systems, Quality Management Systems, Management Systems and Training and Development Systems to EMA member businesses in the Bay of Plenty.

Aimee Graham

Employer Advisor

Aimee joined the EMA in September 2022 as a part of the People & Capability Team, where she led the Talent Acquisition function and provided project-based work for our People Experience Team.

In May 2024, Aimee was seconded into an Employer Advisor role as part of the AdviceLine team to provide employment relations advice to Members.

Keith Robinson

Keith is focused on creating sustainable, people-focused changes to improve the efficiency of organisations and the effectiveness of people. Health and safety work in the supply chain sector – manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics – is where he is happiest, but he brings his wealth of experiences in diverse industries across the world to EMA member businesses in Auckland and his facilitating. He gets satisfaction from providing full circle support from Health and Safety reviews to templates and training to ensure compliance and sustainable practices and processes into the future.

David Browne

Special Counsel

Dunedin-based employment law expert David is proud of the role he plays supporting businesses, especially with the ongoing employment issues as a result of the pandemic. Being named the Greenwood Roche New Zealand Private Sector In-House Lawyer of Year in 2021 was an acknowledgment of how he deals with the full gambit of Employment Relations issues to enable businesses to achieve their goals. 

An advocate for employers battling injustices, David previously had a career in education, publishing and the arts. He is a firm believer in the synergies between the arts and law, where creative approaches lead to strategies that result in the best outcome.

Sheree Camilleri

Sheree is committed to making a positive difference to EMA member businesses and their people across the North Island. She thrives on working alongside companies to build their capability and knowledge in Health and Safety, and ensure they own their own processes and systems. Sheree also gives companies confidence and understanding of Health and Safety compliance so they can improve the performance of their business. She enjoys imparting her practical experience and knowledge, including as an inspector for the Department of Labour, in a straightforward and collaborative way.

Susan Rhodes

Susan is an experienced and well respected Safety and Compliance Consultant with 20 years experience across a wide variety of industries, including transport and distribution (rail, airports, long and short haul trucking), manufacturing (both heavy and light), service industries such as food production, retail, office environments, aged care and healthcare. She has a highly successful record of implementing Safety Management Systems, and has a thorough working knowledge of safety compliance and risk. Susan has been consulting for the EMA for four years, helping clients develop and implement health and safety management systems, preparing health and safety systems for audits, developing work instructions and SOP’s as well s other health and safety tasks such as contractor management, risk control etc

Tilly Smith

Employer Advisor

Tilly graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Sociology) in 2023. She completed her Professional Legal Studies Course in June 2024 for admittance to the Roll of Barristers and Solicitors of the High Court.

Tilly recently joined the Adviceline team at the EMA, as an Employer Advisor in June 2024. She assists in providing employment relations advice to Members.

Lisa Oakley

Employment Relations and HR Consultant

Lisa’s approach to helping businesses with their needs is to be a true partner, collaboratively solving problems to ensure that leaders and organisations succeed. She is a past Board member and National Vice President of Human Resources Institute of NZ (HRNZ) with almost 20 years’ experience both in New Zealand – for large companies including Air New Zealand and Spark as well as not for profits – and in Australia. 

Community-focused, Lisa also thrives on working with small to medium-sized businesses and for purpose organisations. Lisa supports seamlessly with everything from People Strategy; Contracts and Policy; Organisational Design and Structure; Talent and Capability; Culture and Engagement; and Industrial and Employment Relations.