These guides cover what New Zealand law requires around site access, records and safety, and how to meet those requirements with less paperwork. They are written for site managers.
Talk to usUnder the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, you have a duty to manage risk to everyone on your site and to be able to show it. The guides below cover what that duty means on site, what WorkSafe looks for when an inspector visits, and everyday tools such as Job Safety Analyses. Each guide is short and shows how SiteKey keeps the record.
What the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 requires around site access records and contractor compliance, in plain terms.
Read the HSWA guide ›What WorkSafe New Zealand looks for in your site access records, and how to be ready before they arrive.
Read the WorkSafe guide ›The four New Zealand retention periods that can apply to a sign in record, and the Privacy Act limit on keeping it too long.
Read the retention guide ›What a JSA is, when you use one, and how it fits into daily site safety on a New Zealand worksite.
Read the JSA guide ›The difference between the two, and which one your NZ worksite needs.
Read the comparison ›What a site specific safety plan is, which Site Safe pack applies to your position on the job, and the nine forms behind it.
Each comparison puts what a company publishes about itself, read on a stated date, beside the SiteKey column.
What each company publishes on sign in, contractor compliance and price, read from both websites on 18 September 2026.
Read the comparison ›Their published NZ rate card beside ours, and what changes as you add sites or staff. Read 18 September 2026.
Read the comparison ›Their per location card, the annual sign in caps and the back charge clause. Read 20 September 2026.
Read the comparison ›An induction system beside one that also runs the gate. Read 20 September 2026.
Read the comparison ›Competency management against site access, and where the two overlap. Read 20 September 2026.
Read the comparison ›SiteWise grades a contracting business, and SiteKey checks each person at your gate.
Read the comparison ›SiteKey records who was on site, their compliance status and your daily safety records automatically. Pricing is a flat monthly fee, and most customers are running within a few days.
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