The Lyttelton Port Company has appointed Auckland based senior barrister Maria Dew QC to look into workplace culture, following serious allegations from a number of sources including internal observations and the media.

The independent review was announced on May.

It will cover allegations relating to bullying, racial and sexual discrimination, harassment, and unfair selection of family members for roles.

The period covered is between January 2017 and June 2020.

The review process was instigated by LPC’s Chief Executive Officer, after identifying concerns about bullying, discrimination and other inappropriate  conduct creating a poor workplace culture at LPC.

These concerns came from a number of sources including internal observations, discussions with employees, feedback in an employee survey and allegations made by current and former employees in an article published by Newshub on 17 May 2020.

The review is open to current and former staff or contractors of LPC who wish to come forward with relevant information to assist the review.  

All eligible participants will be invited on a voluntary basis to come forward to be interviewed in the review.

This will include all current and former employees, contractors, management and union representatives who have been engaged with LPC in the past three or so years.

A period of 14 days will be available for participants to register their wish to be interviewed, from July 24 to August 7.  If you would like to be interviewed, please contact Maria directly via the external confidential email established for the review: [email protected]