Supporting Taupo Businesses with Practical HR Support

In our work, people-related matters often sit alongside health and safety.

From policies and processes through to day-to-day employment questions, it’s an area that businesses need to get right — and have the right support around them.

A New Relationship That Adds Value

Recently, we’ve connected with MyHR to better support our clients.

They came recommended through some of our Taupo clients, which gave us a good starting point to explore how they work.

After meeting with the My HR team and seeing their software platform in action, it’s clear why they’re getting strong feedback locally and across New Zealand.

A Clear, Focused Approach to HR

What stood out straight away is their clarity.

They focus purely on HR — and that shows in how their service is structured and delivered.

Their platform allows businesses to manage all core HR requirements in one place, supported by a large team of HR specialists who provide practical, ongoing advice.

Built for Ongoing Support

This isn’t just one-off advice.

With a 34 person team and easy to access support, MyHR provide consistent, reliable HR support that businesses can access when they need it.

Their digital platform brings everything together — making it easier to manage your HR requirements day-to-day.

Pricing That Makes Sense

For many businesses, having access to experienced HR support without employing a full-time internal resource is a real advantage.

Typical pricing sits around:
• $345 a month for under 10 staff,  $545 a month for under 20 staff
• Per-person pricing after that

This makes structured, ongoing HR support accessible for a wide range of organisations.

How This Supports Our Clients

In our work, HR topics do come up.

We can assist with practical matters as they arise — including policies, processes, and day-to-day issues.

Where clients need a fully supported HR system to manage the entire employee lifecycle, we now have a strong option available through MyHR — backed by a dedicated platform and expert advice.

This allows us to continue supporting our clients where needed, while ensuring they also have access to a complete, fit-for-purpose HR solution.

Final Thoughts

Good systems — both in health and safety and HR — rely on having the right support in place.

It’s great to be able to connect our clients with a provider that brings strong capability, practical systems, and ongoing support.

If you’re looking to strengthen your HR support, we’re happy to point you in the right direction.

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Hear It from Our Clients

See the impact we've had on businesses and how we could do the same for you.

We can’t speak highly enough of Lake Safety Services and Derek in particular. Rather than applying a cookie-cutter template, Derek took the time to genuinely understand our business and our processes before putting anything together. The result was a health and safety solution that fits like a glove – tailored, practical, and clearly built around how we actually operate, not just a generic checklist. If you’re after a consultancy that treats your business as unique rather than “one of many,” Derek and the team at Lake Safety Services are the ones to call!

Jacques Schoeman

Director

MAD Media Ltd

Highly recommend this health and safety company! They provided top-notch service for our roofing business, ensuring everything was up to standard. Their team was professional, thorough, and easy to work with. We feel confident knowing our safety measures are in excellent hands. Great job.

Laurence
Director

 

Storm Tech Roofing – Hawkes Bay

We are a small yet complex organisation and have been working with Derek for the past year with the goal of creating a robust health and safety system that is maintained through internal ownership and embedded into business as usual. While Derek is knowledgeable, professional, and enthusiastic, his real superpower is working alongside the team to create a system which is tailored and practical, all while growing internal capacity. We would absolutely recommend Derek.

Lake Taupo Hospice

Through Derek, Lakes Safety Services provided an extremely thorough and personalised service to Broadlands School. Derek’s scope was the review the school’s EOTC practices and to make recommednations in changes to policy and day to day management practices including practical EOTC staff documentation. This brief was very well achieved! Derek has also provided great follow up service and a willingness to assist with any future EOTC draft policies before being adopted by the Board.

Graeme Taylor
Principal

Broadlands School

Derek was approachable, experienced, and readily available (at very short notice) for what was required for our H&S work site induction. Highly recommend should your company be in need of a person to tackle H&S matters.

Grace Solomon
Resident Manager

Two Trees Ngā Rākau e Rua – Taupō

Thank you, Derek, for your professional and objective advice. Your insights were incredibly helpful. We also really appreciated your enthusiasm in sharing your social networks and experiences, it was truly inspiring!

Eve Liu

Office Manager

Hauraki Civil Engineering – Rotorua

As a business, we’ve had a fantastic experience working with Lakes Safety Services: professional, reliable, and highly knowledgeable, making every interaction seamless from start to finish.

The commitment to people, safety, clear communication, and attention to detail gives us complete confidence in the services provided.

We highly recommend Lakes Safety Services to any business or individual. They’ve shown us that health and safety doesn’t have to be complicated. Practical approach and expert guidance have made a real difference to our business and our staff.

Mirela Petrar
Operations Manager 

Taupo DeBretts

Derek provided excellent health & safety consultancy. His advice was practical, thorough, well-delivered, and easy to implement. He helped us identify risks we’d overlooked and suggested cost-effective solutions. Recommend for any business needing H&S guidance.

Murray Beadle
General Manager

BFA Business Advisors and Accountants – Taupo

Very knowledgeable and willing to put the effort in upfront to understand our situation. Tailored things to fit our business requirements without creating a pile of confusing admin for us.

Spenser Christiansen
Director 

That Dingo Guy – Manawatu

I got Derek in to update our H&S management system. He was honest and did a great job. Highly recommend.

Mark Bowsher
Station Manager

Whareroa Station – Waikato

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Health and Safety Expertise That Works for Your Business

With over 25 years of real-world experience, Lakes Safety Services provides practical health and safety consultancy, coaching, and support across Taupō and the Central North Island. We specialise in solutions that fit your people, tasks, and risks — not just checklists. From technical systems and governance advice to contractor management and SafePlus assessments, we help you build safer workplaces with confidence.