About HnS Consultant

Safety systems shaped by time actually spent on site

HnS Consultant works alongside New Zealand businesses to build health and safety systems that hold up in practice — not just on paper.

Meet the team

The person behind the plans

Amanda Mariani

Health & Safety Consultant · LLB

Amanda is a health and safety consultant with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), a Health and Safety Certificate, and almost ten years of hands-on experience in workplace health and safety.

Her experience spans health and safety systems, risk management, incident investigations, contractor management, training and compliance. With a background in law and extensive practical experience working alongside operational teams, Amanda brings both a strong understanding of legal requirements and a practical perspective on what works in the real world.

She works with businesses to provide straightforward, practical and tailored health and safety solutions, helping them meet their obligations without unnecessary complexity or paperwork.

Our approach

Health and safety that fits the way you actually work

Too many safety plans are written once, filed away, and never opened again. We start from the opposite end: understanding a site, a crew, and a scope of work first, then building procedures and plans around that reality.

That grounding comes from working closely with trades and site teams, including hands-on experience in specialist installation work — so recommendations account for how a job actually runs, not just how it looks in a document.

What guides the work

Time spent on site before anything is written
Plain-language documentation
Systems built to be maintained, not shelved
Straightforward, practical advice

Who we work with

Built for teams that need safety systems that hold up under scrutiny

Small and growing businesses

Teams that need their first proper health and safety system, without unnecessary complexity.

Site-based trades

Businesses working on active sites who need procedures, plans, and inductions that match real conditions.

Contractors under scrutiny

Businesses that need documentation ready for principal contractors, clients, or regulatory review.