Country: New Zealand
Number of inhabitants: 50,000
Programme started year: 2006
International Safe Communities Network Membership: Designation year, 2008
Info address for the Programme: www.communityguardians.org.nz
www.safecommunities.org.nz/sc/po

For further information contact:
Name: Dallas Crampton
Institution: Porirua Community Guardians
Address: Pember House, 16 Hagley Street
City: Porirua City
Country: New Zealand
Phone: +64-4-238-2510
Fax: +64-4-238-4107
E-mail: info@communityguardians.org.nz
www.pcc.govt.nz

The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

For the age group                                       

• Children 0-14 years:
  Walking school buses at 3 Porirua schools
  Porirua Community Guardians – community safety programme
  Child vehicle restraints – Safekids
  Safekids Coalition – poisons/drowning
  Tuakana programme
  RAAYS – raising achievement across youth
  Tamariki programme – witnesses to violence
  Waihora playground project
  Graffiti Management Strategy – “He Tangata, He Kainga, He Mana”
  Truancy programme
  Police Crime Busters programme
  Kia Kaha
  DARE programme
  Blue Light Discos
  Falls – home safety and playground falls
  ACC Thinksafe Schools - Educating NZ promoting injury prevention in schools 
  Pasifika Driver Education – pacific trained Safe2Go technicians providing road safety education pacific communities in Porirua
  
• Youth 15-24 years:
  Street Ahead 237
  Porirua Community Guardians– community safety programme
  Personal Safety Christmas Campaign targeting youth, businesses, sports clubs etc through social marketing and get home safely messages; Mana Coaches and Porirua Taxis providing sponsorship of public transport         
  Waitangirua Action Group
  Safer streets – participatory research project Titahi Bay
  Youth Transition Service
  Safety presentations (injury prevention and road safety) to local colleges i.e. gateway and life skill classes Yr 12 & 13
  "Start safe, play safe" - preparing students for the workplace
  Graffiti Management Strategy – “He Tangata, He Kainga, He Mana”
  Youth Offending Team
  Council’s Youth Advisory Group
  Y-Xpress – quarterly youth produced and focused newspaper
  
• Adults 25-64 years:
  Annual Kirikiti cricket tournaments
  Porirua Community Guardians – community safety programme
  Waitangirua Action Group
  Personal Safety Christmas Campaign targeting youth, businesses, sports clubs etc through social marketing and get home safely messages; Mana Coaches and Porirua Taxis providing sponsorship of public transport         
  DIY Ladder Safety Campaign with Bunnings Retail
  Strong Pacific Families Week: including Parenting Programmes and supporting annual events like Polyfest,
  Creekfest
  Pacific peoples safety and wellbeing with churches – promoting and sharing messages about road safety, home safety, older falls, health and wellbeing
  
• Older Adults 65+ years:
  ACC & Capital & Coast Care Coordination working towards integrating referrals to both modified Tai Chi Classes and the Otago Exercise (home based) programme for community dwelling older adults who have fallen or are at risk of falling. 
  Porirua Community Guardians – community safety programme
  Annual ‘Street Makeovers’
  Waitangirua Action Group
  

In the following Environments:

• Home:
  Annual street ‘Make Over’
  Strong Pacific Families
  DIY Ladder safety seminars
  Street Ahead 237 – ‘Super-12 family’
  Family violence home monitors
  Police priority offenders
  Vulnerable families
  Waitangirua Community Development programme
  Community Renewal – HNZC (refurbishment and rebuilds)
  Safe design information as part of building consent process
  
• Traffic:
  Walking school bus
  Road Safety Action Plan
  Road safety deficiency database
  Annual street Make Over
  Regional radio and billboard campaign with road safety partners aligned to Police Road Safety Calendar
  Personal Safety Christmas Campaign targeting youth, businesses, sports clubs etc through social marketing and get home safely messages; Mana Coaches and Porirua Taxis providing sponsorship of public transport  
  North City Vikings Rugby League Club- Drive Safe Play Safe Campaign
  Youth driver training at Porirua College
  City-wide review of speed posted limits – 2008-09
  Village Planning process
  Speed advisory signs
  Drink- drive campaigns
  Safekids Coalition- child restraint and Safe2go training
  
• Occupational:
  ACC supporting various church congregations
  ACC Fatigues campaign
  Health & Safety Training with local businesses including residential care facilities (high risk industry)
  Promotion and supporting employers with the Workplace Safety Management Practices Accreditation (WSMP) programme
  Sphere of Influence through key organizations and communities to channel safety/injury prevention messages etc and the various links that they have (staff, contractors, churches etc).
  Titahi Bay Safe Street Project – retail forum
  Ladder safety courses
  Canopy Connection crime prevention and health and safety seminars – monthly newsletter updates and e-brief
  Bi-annual Porirua City Business Awards – Safe Design Award
  Mana Coach Service partnership with Porirua Community Guardians patrollers
  
• School:
  Police supporting school patrols
  Green Bike Trust – family cycle day
  Police child cycle safety awareness in local schools
  Police national road safety calendar – ‘down with speed around schools’
  Porirua College Drive Force programme
  ‘Start Safe Stay Safe’ - safety and Injury prevention in schools
  Truancy programmes – Police and Guardians patrollers
  
• Sports:
  Waitangirua Community Development programme
  North City Vikings Rugby League Club- Drive Safe Play Safe Campaign
  Club Mark (Phase 2)
  Kirikiti Cricket
  Personal Safety Christmas Campaign targeting youth, businesses, sports clubs etc through social marketing and get home safely messages
  
• Leisure/City streets/built environment:
  Council’s Urban Design group
  Titahi Bay Illumination Project
  Localised liquor bans and enforcement
  Porirua, Safe As! – personal safety campaign
  ACC supporting various church congregations
  Porirua Aquatic Centre - best Pool Life Guards in New Zealand
  Kirikiti Cricket
  Regional Public Health – place based community approach to improve built environment
  Injury Prevention Through Environmental Design knowledge – raising awareness and adoption of best practice
  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design knowledge– raising awareness and adoption of best practice
  Waihora Playground project
  Titahi Bay – safer streets project
  Mungavin Interchange rejuvenation Project
  Mungavin Park Walkway Project
  Mentor Park redevelopment
  Porirua Community Guardians – community safety programme
  Graffiti Guardians programme
  Maori Wardens
  

Violence prevention (intentional injuries):

• Family Violence Network
• Streets Ahead 237
• Strong pacific Families – parenting programmes and awareness campaigns
• Family violence intervention – Ministry of Social Development
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design knowledge– raising awareness and adoption of best practice
• Porirua Community Guardians
• Council’s Urban Design group
• Pol400 meetings
• Safe Streets Titahi Bay
• Monitors for high risk victims
• ‘White Ribbon’ day Campaign
• Police priority offenders approach
• Ministry of Justice – family violence court

Suicide prevention (self-inflected injuries):

• National strategy released 2007
• Pacific Island Suicide prevention Programme

Programmes aiming at “High risk-groups”:

• Streets Ahead 237
• Welltrust – drug and alcohol
• Hope International Church
• Wesley Community Action
• Tuakana Programme
• Waitangirua Action Group
• Porirua Living without Violence – Community development in Waitangirua
• Porirua Safekids Coalition
• Vulnerable families – WINZ
• Restorative Justice Service Wellington Trust
• Local businesses including residential care and residential constructions industry groups
  Injuries occurring in the home with particular focus on the 25-55 year age group, ie DIY’ers

Surveillance of injuries:   

The following data sources are monitored:

• Community safety surveys (residential and retail)
• The Quality of Life Project – 12 Cities survey
• Seat belt compliance surveys
• Accident Compensation Corporations Claims Data
• Kapiti Mana Police Crime Statistics
• Safe Communities Foundation Information Sheets
• Crash and injury statistics – LTNZ, Police
• Statistics New Zealand
• New Zealand health Information Service Data
• Department of Labour resources
• Land Transport New Zealand – local briefing notes

Publications: (Scientific)

• Crampton, D. (2006) Designing out Crime. In Build 93, April-May 2006, pg 78-79, BRANZ
• Crampton, D. (2007). This cladding won’t get tagged: Yeah right. In Build 100, June-July 2007, pg 72-73, BRANZ
• Gallen, R. (2008). Strengthening Eastern Porirua Neighbourhoods. In Build 106 June-July 2008, pgs 36-37. BRANZ

Produced information material, pamphlets:

• Porirua Safe As – personal safety campaign kits (posters, bus and taxi chits, and host responsibility cards)
• Porirua Family Violence Referral Pathways Directory
• Y-Xpress quarterly magazine in Kapi-Mana newspaper (partnership with Porirua City Council)
• Map to the Future: Participatory Urban Appraisal of Eastern Porirua
• Commuter vehicle crime prevention leaflets
• CBD property/retail ‘emergency identification’ stickers
• Graffiti Management Strategy – “He Tangata, He Kainga, He Mana”
• Porirua City: A Journey to a Safer City
• Porirua, Safe As! Community Safety Strategy 2007-2010
• Strong Pacific Families – resource to support pacific families
• International Safe Community Network Conference, Christchurch,  New Zealand, 2008, abstract ‘Porirua, Safe As: A journey to a safe community’
• International Safe Community Network Conference, Christchurch,  New Zealand, 2008, abstract ‘Porirua, Safe As: ‘Porirua Styles’ graffiti management
• 3-day Community Safety Expo, Porirua City (planned Safety NZ Week, September 2008)
  

 International commitments:

• Safe Community Network Regional Conference, Wellington,  New Zealand, August 2006 presentation – Porirua Community Guardians: a vehicle for achieving community safety
• 2007 Workshop for the International Safe Community Network in New Zealand, October 2007
• Community Patrols & Neighbourhood Support National Training Seminar, Auckland 2008, presentation – Fear and perceptions (…of crime)
• Community patrols & Neighbourhood Support National Training Seminar, Auckland 2008, workshop – Graffiti management ‘Porirua styles’
• International Safe Community Network Conference, Christchurch,  New Zealand, 2008
• International CPTED association
  

Participation in Safe Community conferences:

• 17th International Safe Communities Conference Christchurch, October 2008

Staff                                                                  

Number: One
Professions: Community Safety Project Manager
Permanent: part time
Temporary: rolling contract
Organization: Porirua Community Guardians
Specific intersectoral leadership group: Safer Porirua Strategic Group
General public health/health promotion group