More than 340 industry leaders, innovators, and safety champions gathered for Site Safe’s Evening of Celebration at the Due Drop Event Centre in Auckland in March — the largest health and safety event in the construction industry.
The annual event, which recognises outstanding contributions in health and safety in the construction industry, showcased a range of inspiring achievements and highlighted the continued commitment to safety excellence within the industry.
The evening was also a chance to celebrate the graduation of those who had completed Site Safe’s Health and Safety in Construction Certificate Programme in 2024, and the recipients of Site Safe scholarships to complete the programme in 2025.
Site Safe chief executive Brett Murray said it was important to celebrate the achievements made in advancing safety culture.
“There’s some great stuff going on — that’s why the Evening of Celebration is so important to us,” Murray said.
“It’s an evening to celebrate the change makers, the future leaders, the innovators and the health and safety champions that are working hard to improve the culture not only within their organisations, but also across the industry up and down the country.”
Each award winner was recognised for their exceptional efforts in promoting safety and well-being within the industry.
The 2025 winners of the Site Safe Health, Safety and Wellbeing Awards were:
• Vertical Horizonz Safety Innovation Award:
Traffic Safe NZ, for their ground-breaking solution in improving the safety of their people by developing Conan, the self-coning truck.
• Hammertech Safety Leadership Award:
Jamie Greentree, Kinetic Electrical Wellington, for demonstrating an impressive commitment to driving strong health and safety systems and processes, training, qualifications and apprentice support in a very hands-on, visible and active way.
• NZ Chinese Building Industry Association Safety Contribution Award for Small Teams:
Tradestaff Group Ltd, for addressing the complexities of short-term placements, wide and diverse demographics, and shared health and safety responsibilities.
• Coversure Safety Contribution Award for an Individual:
Glen Sturges, Naylor Love, for his obvious and deep passion for health and safety.
• Kalmar Construction Mental Health and Wellbeing Award:
Tupore, for being a business committed to supporting the mental health of their employees, wider whanau, and communities.
• Dominion Constructors Future Safety Leader Award:
Fiona Brabant, Cook Brothers Construction, recognising her potential and commitment to leading the future of safety in the industry, and being the “the heartbeat of health and safety” for the Team at Cook Brothers Queenstown/Wanaka.
