Code and guidance development requires the following process:

• WorkSafe New Zealand develops a working draft for initial review
• MinEx and WorkSafe establish industry groups for the review of technical content
• WorkSafe finalises a document based on review outcomes
• WorkSafe releases the document for formal industry-wide consultation
• Ministerial approval of document (for an Approved Code of Practice) WorkSafe releases document

These documents have been released by WorkSafe New Zealand:

• Dust guidance 
• Managing psychosocial risks at work (Good Practice Guidelines)
• Conducting asbestos surveys: Good practice guidelines for asbestos surveyors (Good Practice Guidelines)
• Managing worksite traffic (Guide)
• Controlling dust with on-tool water suppression (Guide)
• Controlled Substance Licence Requirements for specified class 1 substances Safe Work Instrument 2023
• Modified application of controlled substance licence requirements for specified licence requirements for specified class 1 substances
• How to complete the Mining, Tunnelling, Quarrying and alluvial Operations quarterly Report form (Step by step guide)
• Workplace exposure standards and biological exposure indices (Guide)
• Quarry Operators COVID19 Management Plan Assessment Tool (Spreadsheet for Essential Service quarry operations)
• Health and Safety at Opencast Mines, Alluvial Mines and Quarries (Good Practice Guide)
• Air Quality in the Extractives Industry (Approved Code of Practice)
• Emergency Preparedness in Mining and Tunnelling Operations (Approved Code of Practice)
• Ground or Strata Instability in Underground Mines and Tunnels (Approved Code of Practice)
• Ventilation in Undergound Mines and Tunnels (Approved Code of Practice)
• Fire or Explosion in Underground Mines and Tunnels (Approved Code of Practice)
• Developing a Ground or Strata Instability Principal Hazard Management Plan (Guide)
• Electricity in Underground Mines and Tunnels (Guide)
• Managing Health Risks in the Extractives Industry (Quick Guide)
• Preventing Manual Handling Injuries (Approved Code of Practice)
• Exposure monitoring under the HSWA (General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016 (Fact Sheet)
• General Risk and Workplace Management (Part 1 Interpretive Guidelines)
• General Risk and Workplace Management (Part 2 Interpretive Guidelines).
• Introduction to the HSWA 2015 (Special Guide)
• Worker Engagement, Participation and Representation (Good Practice Guidelines)
• Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indicies (Special Guide)
• Hazardous Substance Risk Management (Quick Guide)
• What the Hazardous Substances Regulations mean for you
• Working at Heights in New Zealand (Best Practice Guidelines)
• The New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC)
• The New Zealand risk assessment of pushing and pulling (NZRAPP)
• The New Zealand assessment of repetitive tasks of the upper limbs (NZART)

Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations Safe Work Instruments Amendment

WorkSafe has released a consolidated version of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations—Prescribed Competency Requirements for Certificates of Competence) Amendment Safe Work Instrument 2023.