A safe, independent way for your people to speak up
Whistleblowers is an independent, 100% NZ-owned service that runs your organisation’s whistleblower reporting channel for you. We provide a secure, 24/7 way for employees to report serious wrongdoing by phone, website, email or post, fully compliant with the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022.
Plans start at a $100 monthly retainer.
At a glance
Independent and NZ owned
100% New Zealand owned and operated, and independent of your organisation, with every disclosure handled to a forensic standard.
Compliant with the 2022 Act
Built around the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022, with policy drafting and review available.
Secure disclosure system
Staff can report by phone, website, email or post, with confidentiality protected and anonymous reporting available.
24/7 support
Call 0800 WITNESS (0800 948 637) any time. Standard plan from $100 per month, or an all-inclusive Premium plan.
Who needs this?
Any New Zealand organisation that wants an independent, arm’s-length channel for staff to safely report fraud, corruption, theft or other serious wrongdoing, and to meet its obligations under the 2022 Act.
Who we are
We are operated by Incident Response Solutions Limited, a New Zealand forensic and cyber-security firm licensed by the Ministry of Justice (Private Investigator licence 20-072755). Our team is led by Campbell McKenzie, previously a Director of forensic services at PwC and a New Zealand Police forensic expert witness.
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Why whistleblowing matters
From a historical and traditional perspective, crime and serious wrongdoing has generally been regarded as an act that can involve violence, drugs, robbery, burglary, theft and the like, generally governed by the Crimes and other Acts.
There is however another insidious aspect of wrongdoing, which is now known as ‘Economic Crime’. This can occur in the workplace (or organisation) involving fraud, theft, corruption and other associated misconduct by a person at any level who is engaged within that workplace.
For the Police and other similar agencies, a lifeblood for solving major crimes can come from information supplied by people who have always been known as informants. Informants often have knowledge of serious wrongdoing because they are in close proximity to such a wrongdoer. By various methods, these informants directly or indirectly observe matters that can be passed on to authorities. Their identity and the information they pass on to Police will always remain confidential for very good reason.
As a result of several serious recorded events in the past, a statute has been put in place in New Zealand to deal with serious wrongdoing in the workplace. This Act has recently been updated, and is now known as the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022. The 2022 Act continues the 2000 Act’s purpose, which is to facilitate the disclosure and investigation of serious wrongdoing in the workplace, and to provide protection for employees and other workers who report concerns.
Whistleblowing is not defined in the Act. The Oxford Dictionary gives the meaning as “a person who informs on a person or organisation engaged in an illicit activity”. More formally, whistleblowing is where a person from a workplace has information about serious wrongdoing or misconduct that could affect, or pose a risk to, others connected with that workplace, and relays it to a person or body authorised to receive it under the Act.
Ready to set up your whistleblower service?
Put an independent, Act-compliant disclosure channel in place for your organisation. Start your onboarding online, call us, or email support@whistleblowers.co.nz.
