About

Why choose Active Safety for your NZ Health and Safety products?

It's all about making it easy for you to buy the right safety products, at the right price, in a way that's convenient for you:

Quality products at value-for-money prices: being safe in your work should be affordable and cost-effective. That's why your purchase is backed with a 100% Money Back Guarantee.
Convenient: buy online 24/7 - or pop into our retail store, which has convenient free parking right outside the door
Helpful service: not sure what you need? Our friendly team is here to help you choose the right products that will comply to New Zealand safety regulations
Expertise: the teams in-depth knowledge can help you choose the most appropriate safety gear and workwear that comply to New Zealand safety standards.
Forestry safety products and knowledge: our background in the forestry industry means that you can draw on our in-depth knowledge to choose the safety products that will keep you safe, warm and dry

Who can order from Active Safety?

Active Safety is here to help anyone who needs NZ health and safety products. That includes:

Private individuals: including the self-employed, plus home handymen (and women) who wish to keep safe
Purchasing Officers: in all types of businesses of all sizes
Commercial and industrial clients: everything including forestry, factories, and industry
Builders, workmen, civil and road construction workers: and anyone else who needs safety boots or other safety footwear
Forestry industry and timber mills: benefit from our in-depth knowledge and specialised product range
Stevedores and shipping ports: workwear and work boots for dock workers
Engineering or welding services: personal protective equipment
Offices and service businesses: that need first aid kits and fire control equipment

Your 100% Money Back Guarantee

You can buy with confidence from Active Safety, as all our products are backed by a 14 day 100% Money Back Guarantee. You can read more about the guarantee on our Customer Services page.

About Active Safety

Active Safety NZ Limited was established in 2008. We're an independent company that's 100% New Zealand owned and operated: that means that all our profits go back into the NZ economy.

Safety shop

As well as the online store on this website, Active Safety also has a retail premises at 76 Forge Road, Silverdale, Auckland. Our friendly staff are always at hand in our Safety shop if you need any help and advice.

For a map, opening hours and contact details please see the Contact Us page


Need equipment that complies with NZ health and safety regulations? There's a comprehensive range in-store at our safety shop in Silverdale, Auckland.

Online store

Our entire range from the retail safety shop is available to purchase from our online store, and we can ship it to you anywhere in New Zealand. Visit our online store now - and if you have any questions, please do contact us. we'll be happy to help you.

Meet the Active Safety team

The Active Safety team is looking forward to helping you choose the best safety products for your needs.
Left to right: Julie, Holly, Matt, Rachel

Matt Cutler - Managing Director

Having spent many years in the forest industry, working on the ground, managing operations and consulting to the likes of Carter Holt Harvey, Matt felt the industrial safety supply business was a good fit and purchased Active Safety in 2008.

Matt's vast experience and expertise can add value to your business with his logical and practical safety solutions.

In his spare time Matt likes to hunt, snowboard and mountain bike and generally keep fit and active with adventurous trips to different parts of our beautiful country

Rachel Lehen - Sales Consultant

Originally from Wellington, Rachel moved to Auckland in 2006 to take on a National Sales Manager position. Rachel joined the Active Safety team in 2010 and her role is to look after all our fantastic customers (and potential customers) by finding safety products and workwear safety solutions that best suit their needs.

Rachel is a keen kayaker and enjoys anything that keeps her outdoors and looks like a bit of an adventure! Painting and learning the guitar are some of Rachel's other hobbies that keep her out of trouble when she's not out on site in her steel caps!

What Rachel enjoys most about her job is that she gets to meet a variety of people from a range of industries and there is never a dull moment out there in the world of safety.

Holly Voice - Admin

Holly started her career in administration for a web design company, where she worked for two years then moved to Active Safety to take up the role of Administrative Co-ordinator.

In her spare time Holly enjoys relaxing, experiencing good cuisine and attending various music festivals