Fly the Flag Week ‘Suicide survivor’ shares his story in effort to stop construction workers taking their lives The industry has the highest rates of suicide of any commercial sector in the country, particularly in males, according to Mates For...
Mates initiative ready to step up and help out of work tradies as wage subsidy ends Mates initiative for tradies is ready to step up and help out of work tradies as the COVID-19 wage subsidy comes to an end. Slade was on Seven Sharp on Wednesday night to talk about...
MATES in August Fly the Flag The MATES office has been a hive of activity during August to get some special parcels all packed up and ready to go! Over 250 MATES Fly the Flags will be winging their way onto sites right across New Zealand. Our Field Officers headed out...
MATES in July MATES in July – Our new Field Officers Ben and Erin Mates in Construction NZ would like to introduce you to our newest team members Field Officers Ben Morunga-Toi and Erin Witana. Ben and Erin are looking forward to engaging with everyone across...
Organisation working with construction industry to help navigate shift to Level 3 MATES during Level 3: MATES was working alongside the Construction Industry to help the workers shift from the Lockdown Level changes from 4 down to 3. Amongst the many industries...
MATES launches online lunch room for construction workers Launching the MATES Lunch Room online for construction workers across New Zealand. Being isolated for four weeks is not an easy feat for anyone. This is why MATES In Construction NZ, the charity set up to aid...
