Maritime New Zealand's current online services.
The links below provide additional sources of information about fatigue and its management, from New Zealand and overseas websites.
Do let us know if there are other websites covering fatigue that you think might be useful to the maritime community.
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This report was written by Andy Smith, Paul Allen and Emma Wadsworth from the Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, November 2006.
Fatigue, health and Injury among merchant seafarers [PDF: 451Kb, 87 pages] [Maritime and Coastguard Agency]
This research centre based at Massey University, Wellington provides fatigue and fatigue management advice to Maritime New Zealand.
Sleep/wake Research Centre [Massey University]
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has developed a helpful overview of the causes of fatigue and how to manage fatigue at work.
Fatigue in the workplace [Accident Compensation Corporation]
Having an appropriate diet and doing sufficient physical activity are important factors in managing fatigue. View or order the Ministry of Health’s nutrition and physical activity resources online.
Ministry of Health's nutrition and physical activity resources [Ministry of Health]
The Akilla sleep safety educational campaign is New Zealand’s first private road safety educational campaign to educate people about the dangers of drowsy-driving.
Akilla sleep safety educational campaign [New Zealand Sleep Safety]
Fatigue crash facts contains the latest summary of fatigue related road crash data including graphs and tables from the Ministry of Transport.
Fatigue road crash facts [Ministry of Transport]
Sleep specialists have training in sleep medicine and can diagnose and treat a variety of sleep disorders. Before making an appointment you need to consult with your general practitioner.
Sleep clinics in New Zealand [New Zealand Sleep Safety]
Learn about the sleeping disorder - sleep apnoea.
Sleep apnoea [Sleep Apnoea Association of New Zealand]