MERC is a member of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Services. EAP Services are available to all MERC employees who may need additional support with:

• Feelings of anxiety, stress, pressure, or depression

• Building resilience in times of uncertainty

• Family challenges or personal relationship issues

• Coping with illness, grief, bereavement, or trauma

• Parenting Problems or elder care support

• Lifestyle or health issues

To request an in-person, phone, video, or e-counseling appointment, click here to visit eapservices.co.nz.

An Adventure Activity is defined as an activity:

• that is provided to a participant in return for payment; and

• that is land-based or water-based; and

• that involves the participant being guided, taught how, or assisted to participate in the activity; and

• the main purpose of which is recreational or educational experience of the participant; and

• that is designed to deliberately expose a participant to a serious risk to his/her health that must be managed by a provider of the activity; and

• in which:

  • failure of the provider's management systems (such as failure of operational procedures or failure to provide reliable equipment) is likely to result in a serious risk to the participant's health and safety; or

  • the participant is deliberately exposed to dangerous terrain or dangerous waters.

Read more in the WorkSafe document What we mean by 'adventure activity'.