Sky Tower Lights Yellow – New Zealand's Highest Hard Hat
The Sky Tower will light in the colours of yellow and orange tonight to represent a hard hat for World Health and Safety Day.
World Health and Safety Day highlights the importance of creating and promoting a culture of safety and health, aiming to reduce the number of work-related deaths and injuries around the world.
This visual display is part of an awareness-raising campaign by the UN, intended to focus attention on the magnitude of work-related safety issues.
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