New Zealand's only health and safety law conference, a Safeguard / Thomson Reuters event touring Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch; the Wellington session is at Hnry Stadium on 28 October 2026.
The LegalSAFE Conference returns to Wellington on 28 October 2026 at Hnry Stadium, the first stop on a three-city tour that also visits Auckland (Eden Park, 29 October, with a livestream option) and Christchurch (Christchurch Town Hall, 30 October). Billed as New Zealand's only health and safety law conference, the 2026 programme is anchored on the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act 2026, with sessions on WorkSafe's evolving regulatory approach, Employment Relations Authority changes affecting psychosocial harm, and a review of the year's enforceable undertakings, cases and trends.
The conference is a Safeguard event, published by Thomson Reuters New Zealand Limited, according to the official event page. Registration is handled through Thomson Reuters NZ's events platform, and enquiries go to the Safeguard events team. Safeguard is a long-running New Zealand health and safety media brand, and the LegalSAFE series has run annually for well over a decade.
The event is aimed at health and safety professionals, consultants, managers and the lawyers who advise them. The organiser lists a legal-practitioner line-up including Mike Cosman (Cosman Parkes), WorkSafe New Zealand's Tracey Conlon, Grant Nicholson (Anthony Harper), barrister Samantha Turner (Stout Street Chambers), Sarah Stead (Downer) and Melissa Vining MNZM (Findex). Content is pitched at practical compliance, breaking down the new Amendment Act from a PCBU perspective and setting out what lawyers need from clients.
The Wellington session is held at Hnry Stadium on Waterloo Quay. For reporting context, this is the Wellington Regional Stadium (the "Cake Tin"), which carried the Sky Stadium name until naming rights transferred to Hnry in early 2026, so a listing that still reads "Sky Stadium" points to the same building. The stadium sits on the harbour edge immediately beside Wellington Railway Station, making it one of the most transport-accessible event sites in the capital, with the central-city hotel district a short walk south along the waterfront.
LegalSAFE is a recurring professional-development fixture on the New Zealand association and legal-conference calendar, and its multi-city touring format brings a consistent Wellington business-events booking each year. Its use of a major stadium's function spaces for a legal and compliance audience illustrates the capital's conference capacity beyond dedicated convention centres.
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