Contact Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Find out how to contact the Health, Safety and Wellbeing team.

Our location

Street address: Level 7, 49 Symonds St, Auckland Central

General enquiries

Phone: +64 9 923 4896, ext 84896
Email: hsw@auckland.ac.nz

Acting Associate Director Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Tracey McGall

Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) managers and advisers

Howard Fox - HSW Manager

Anthony Fernandes - HSW Adviser

Faculties

  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
  • Liggins Institute (LSRI)

Portfolios

  • Communication and Marketing
  • Organisational Performance and Improvement/Planning and Information/Research Strategy and Integrity
  • Connect
  • Infectious diseases
  • HSW website and technology
  • Document management
  • Damstra safety (incident/accident reporting) system support

Tracey McGall - HSW Manager

Susan Williams - HSW Adviser

Faculties

  • Faculty of Engineering and Design
  • Auckland Bioengineering Institute - ABI (LSRI)
  • Faculty of Business and Economics
  • Faculty of Law

Portfolios

  • Human Resources
  • Finance
  • Campus Environment
  • Māori/Equity/South Auckland campus/Pacific
  • UniServices
  • Training support
  • Occupational health and vaccination

Dave Lewis - HSW Manager 

Ras Malika - HSW Adviser

Faculties

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

Portfolios

  • Campus Life/Event Services
  • School of Graduate Studies
  • Libraries and Learning Services
  • Academic and support services
  • Strategic Engagement
  • ACC/Injury claims support via injuryclaims@auckland.ac.nz. Find out more in our Injury Management section
  • Fire safety and emergency management

Hazards and Containment team

Francesca Casu - Hazards and Containment Manager

Portfolios

  • Hazards and containment
  • Laser Safety Officer
  • Biological Safety Officer
  • Radiation Safety Officer
  • Hazardous materials related to laboratories
  • HSNO Act compliance
  • Biosecurity Act compliance

Emily Boyd - Chemical Risk Adviser

Paavan Kumar - Hazardous Substances Adviser

Portfolios

  • Safe handling and storage of chemicals adviser
  • Advisory support and management of SciTrack (UoA hazardous and restricted materials management system)
  • Chemical disposal
  • Hazardous substance locations
  • Controlled drugs
  • Chemical risk management training

Please refer any queries to chemicalsafety@auckland.ac.nz

Pooja Yadav - Radiation and Laser Safety Adviser

Portfolios

  • Safe use of ionising and non-ionising radiation advisor
  • Regulatory compliance with the Radiation Safety Act 2016 and relevant codes of practice
  • Liaison with external auditors, ORS and IAEA
  • Radioactive waste disposal
  • Safe use of ionising radiation and lasers training

Please refer any queries to lasersafety@auckland.ac.nz

Erica Zarate - Biological Safety Adviser

Portfolios

  • HSNO Act compliance
  • Biosecurity Act compliance
  • Biological risk management and containment
  • Containment and transitional facilities manuals
  • Advisory support for disposal of biological waste
  • Biological safety and containment training

Document Control
Version: 1.6
Last Updated: Jul 2026
Next Review: Jul 2029
Owner: hsw@auckland.ac.nz
Approver: Associate Director, Health Safety and Wellbeing

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