New Zealand PM Joins Heathrow Airport And Safe365 To Celebrate Kiwi Tech Export Success

Auckland, New Zealand – 22 April 2025 — New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attended a ceremonial signing event in London on 22 April, witnessing the extension of a major international partnership between Heathrow Airport and New Zealand safety technology company Safe365.

The event marked Heathrow Airport’s renewed three-year commitment to using Safe365’s Safety Culture technology to measure, monitor, and improve work health and safety outcomes at one of the world’s busiest airports.

Safe365, founded and headquartered in New Zealand, provides digital tools that help organisations build strong, proactive safety cultures. The continued partnership with Heathrow represents a significant endorsement of Kiwi innovation and highlights the global impact of New Zealand’s tech sector.

“This partnership is a proud moment for New Zealand innovation on the world stage,” said Nathan Hight, CEO of Safe365. “Heathrow’s re-commitment is a testament to the quality of our team, our technology and its real-world impact on keeping people safe in incredibly complex environments. It is a real privilege to partner with an iconic global brand like Heathrow which will be a familiar name to many Kiwis.”

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon witnessed the exchange of contract with Safe365 and Heathrow Airport CEO Thomas Woldbye in London on 22 April, celebrating the collaboration as a standout example of New Zealand technology solving global challenges.

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Heathrow Airport Health, Safety & Wellbeing Director Amanda Owen MBE said “Safe365 has proven to be an excellent partner for Heathrow Airport. The platform has helped us measure, monitor and improve our safety culture which has unlocked social, regulatory and commercial benefits to our business. The benchmarking power of Safe365 is something that should be of interest to the global airport & aviation industry.”

The announcement also serves as a call to action for New Zealand companies. “With a growing number of large international companies now using Safe365 and contributing to our dataset, this presents a significant opportunity to NZ companies to get involved,” comments Mr Hight. “Given the challenging economic climate in NZ, taking a digital approach using Safe365 is a far more evidence-based, cost effective and sustainable approach for customers vs using international consulting businesses who would traditionally deliver solutions in this space.”

The partnership also reflects the growing global footprint of New Zealand’s technology sector, with Safe365 recognised internationally for its impact across construction, transport and logistics, primary industries, local government, infrastructure, and aviation as it seeks to support 100m workers into proactively safe work environments globally.

About Safe365

• Safe365 is a leading technology company with a mission to enable 100,000,000 workers into proactively safe work globally. Designed to support safety & executive leaders seeking to transform their workplace safety culture, Safe365 changes how companies evaluate, quantify and invest in proactive risk management, driving a strategic, management-led versus a more traditional compliance-led approach to workplace health, safety & wellbeing.

• Safe365 was founded in New Zealand in 2016 and has expanded its global footprint supporting thousands of companies across New Zealand, Australia, the UK, US and Middle East.

• The Safe365 platform offers companies a common language and aligned model of measurement against recognised best practice and nine years of R&D to identify common strengths and weaknesses across their health and safety practices. This enables health and safety leaders to establish collaborative improvement across their organisation, engaging the executive, senior managers and the workforce to ensure a greater reduction in harm is achieved and sustained.

• In the aviation sector, Safe365’s is being implemented at major UK airports including London Heathrow, London Luton, Birmingham, Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airport, as well as Hamad International Airport in Qatar. Safe365’s aviation work thus far has impacted over 81,700 workers responsible for the safe & efficient movement of over 230 million passengers per year. With the impact on safety performance being an over 30% improvement in some airports, Safe365’s technology and benchmarking data sets are being considered by major airports across Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions.

About Heathrow Airport:

• Heathrow Airport, located west of London, is the largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom and one of the busiest and most connected in the world.

• Heathrow Airport serves over 230 destinations in nearly 90 countries. It is the main hub for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Heathrow also handles a significant amount of air cargo, making it the UK's largest port by value.

• Key Statistics:

o Passenger Traffic: Approximately 83 million passengers annually. o Destinations: Over 230 destinations in nearly 90 countries.

o Runways: Two main runways (northern: 3,902 meters, southern: 3,658 meters).

o Airlines: Over 90 airlines operate from Heathrow.

o Cargo: Heathrow is the UK's largest port by value, with a significant volume of air cargo.

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