Hazard Signs NZ

31/12/2025

🔥🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR, TEAM! 🎉🔥

From the crew at Hazard Signs NZ — slowly recovering from whatever that was last night…

Well, we made it to 2026, somehow.
Some of us even woke up in the correct house.
We won’t name names… Craig.

Today’s hazards include:
🟧 Low battery warnings (personal, not electrical)
🟧 Rolling eyes at people who say “New year, new me!”
🟧 Loud noises… literally any loud noises
🟧 Trying to remember where we left the chilly bin
🟧 Accidentally eating pav for breakfast (again)
🟧 The BBQ still being “too hot to clean” — classic Kiwi hazard

But don’t panic — we’ll be back on Monday 12 January to get your:
✔️ Danger signs
✔️ Mandatory labels
✔️ Caution stickers
✔️ HAZCHEM panels
✔️ And the very important “No, Dave, don’t park here” signs

For now, stay hydrated, stay horizontal, and stay away from power tools.
It’s Day 1 of 2026 — let’s try not to break anything yet. 😅

Happy New Year, and cheers for another amazing year of supporting us!

— The Hazard Signs NZ crew 🦺🍻

22/12/2025

HAZARD SIGNS NZ – ROAD CONE FARMING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚧🌽

(Because if you can’t beat the cone shortage… grow your own.)

Big news from the deep south, team.

After months of research, soil testing, wind-direction calculations, and a quick chat with a bloke at the Riverton pub who reckons he’s “basically an engineer,” we’re proud to announce:

🟠 Hazard Signs NZ is officially entering the Road Cone Farming industry. 🟠

Yes. You read that right. Road cone farming.

We’ve purchased a prime block of agricultural land just west of Riverton — ideal climate, great soil acidity, and plenty of naturally occurring traffic delays.

Why farm cones?

Because NZ imports thousands of them every year…
But why pay international shipping when you can simply… grow a fresh crop locally?

We're keeping it Kiwi-made, sustainable, and proudly orange.

🌱 ABOUT OUR NEW "CONE CULTIVATION PROGRAMME"

After trial crops in Bluff (too windy), Winton (cows kept eating them), and Gore (cones mysteriously moved to the side of the road every Saturday night), we’ve settled on Riverton as the perfect growing region.

Our farm will produce:

🟠 Seedlings (Mini Cones) – perfect for toddlers or extremely small roadworks
🟠 Standard Road Cones – the everyday classic
🟠 Premium Southland Cones – built tough for highway contractors and seagulls
🟠 Organic Free-Range Cones – ethically grown, no zip ties used
🟠 Seasonal Cone Blossoms – for spring weddings or emergency detours

We also expect strong yields thanks to our advanced agricultural techniques:

✓ Twice-daily watering
✓ Regular rotation to prevent UV-burnt cones
✓ Occasional motivational talks from contractors in high-vis

🚜 WHY THIS MATTERS

By cultivating cones locally, we will:

✔ Reduce reliance on imported cones
✔ Support the Southland economy
✔ Create the first Cone Farm in New Zealand
✔ Confuse tourists driving through Riverton (“Honey, why are they growing traffic cones…?”)

🧡 PRE-ORDERS OPEN SOON!

Whether you need:

A dozen cones

A paddock load of cones

A personalised “cone adoption subscription”

We’ve got you covered.

Stay tuned for progress updates, growing tips, and possibly an annual U-Pick Cone Festival.

20/12/2025

🔶 PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT 🔶
(Apparently this is our job now.)

Kia ora New Zealand,

As we stumble into another summer, we at Hazard Signs NZ feel it is our civic duty to address the growing list of seasonal hazards you lot keep manufacturing for yourselves.

Please familiarise yourselves with the following Summer Risk Register, updated after observing the public for approximately twenty minutes:

⚠️ Category 1 Hazards: Immediate Danger

DIY projects undertaken after two beers and a YouTube tutorial.
(If your ladder “feels stable enough,” it isn’t.)

Family members insisting they can reverse the boat trailer ‘just fine’.
Spoiler: they cannot.

Unleashing Uncle Kev on the BBQ tongs.
Serious flare-up risk. High probability of undercooked chicken disguised with enthusiasm.

⚠️ Category 2 Hazards: Avoidable but you won’t

Standing on a chilly bin as a step ladder substitute.
Please stop pretending this is safe. We make signs, not ACC claims.

People who say “Nah, the esky lid will hold it.”
It will not.

Overconfident fence-jumping in gumboots after a couple of ciders.

⚠️ Category 3 Hazards: Long-term exposure risk

Shopping at Mitre 10 “for one thing” and emerging $438 later.

Conversations that start with “We should build a deck.”

Relatives who bring pavlova but forget the cream.

If you identify with any of the above hazards, please place yourself in Isolation until supervision is available.

If you need actual hazard signs for your workplace (or for the cousin who is a walking Worksafe violation), we’re open until Xmas shutdown, then reopening 12 Jan.

Stay safe out there, New Zealand.
Or at least try to reduce the paperwork.

— The team at Hazard Signs NZ
(We’re not angry, just disappointed. And slightly concerned.)

20/12/2025

🎄🦘 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Hazard Signs NZ! 🦘🎄

Well, another year of dangerous levels of coffee and ridiculous sign puns has somehow made it to the finish line!
Thanks to you — our customers, mates, and people who insist the Forklift signs go just there — we survived 2025 with only minor injuries (mostly to our funny bones).

Whether you needed:
⚠️ Danger signs
🔵 Mandatory labels
🟡 Caution stickers
📦 Emergency panels
… or simply a sign telling Dave to stop parking in the loading bay,
we printed it, shipped it, and laughed about it afterwards.

📆 Holiday Shutdown:
We’re closing the doors on Friday 20 December and will be back, coffee in hand, on Monday 12 January 2026.

So if you haven’t grabbed that last-minute signage yet — now’s the time. After the 20th, the only hazard you’ll be managing is how many sausages fit on a fork at the Christmas BBQ.

From all of us here (yes, even the one who alphabetises hazard classes for fun):
Have a brilliant, safe, sunscreen-friendly Christmas and a cracking New Year!
Bring on 2026 — we’re ready for ya. 😎💥

— Hazard Signs NZ Crew Ray, Mike, Craig, Ali, Wendy, Sharyn, Sarah, Abi, Lynda and boots (our new recruit)
(Maker of signs, dodger of sunburn, teller of dad jokes)

20/11/2025

💬 POLL TIME!
If your workplace had to choose just ONE sign to describe itself… which one would it be?

A) Caution — Mind Your Step
B) Danger — Keep Out
C) Warning — Electrical Closet
D) Mandatory — Wear Your PPE, ya muppet

Comment your pick below 👇
We’ll tally the votes and reveal NZ’s “most relatable sign” next week.

20/11/2025

Only in New Zealand will you see:
• A forklift,
• A sheep,
• A contractor named Baz,
• And somehow… they’re all in the same hallway.

If your worksite occasionally turns into an episode of Police Ten 7, here’s your friendly reminder that signs exist for a reason.

This week’s most-clicked legend:
⚡ Danger – High Voltage Sign
Perfect for keeping Baz out of the switch room and away from the sparky gear.

👉 Check it out here: https://www.hazard-signs.nz/danger-high-voltage-symbol-sign
Stay safe out there, team — and keep the sheep away from the forklift.

Health and Safety Sign - Danger High Voltage Symbol Sign warns all staff, and visitors of the presence of a danger and to follow the instructions.

20/11/2025

Thanks leigh for the images.

We finally installed your wonderful signs on the driveway after some landscaping/ drainage work was completed.
Pic attached.
Many thanks

Leigh

23/10/2025

Due to the extreme weather conditions we are closed, so staff stay home and stay safe, all orders unfortunately will be delayed and won't be dispatched until tomorrow

13/07/2025

25/06/2025

24/06/2025

Just typical, our new employee Boots wouldn't do that