The Wairarapa Region consists of three communities - South Wairarapa, Carterton and Masterton, they are the 10th, 11th and 12th designated Safe Community in New Zealand and number 183 in the world. Overview of community programmes. Site Visit March 2010, Designation Ceremony 30th April 2010.

Country: New Zealand
Number of inhabitants: approximately 38,610
Programme started year: 2006
International Safe Communities Network Membership: 2010
Full application available: www.safecommunities.org.nz/sc/wrpa

For further information contact:
Name: Jane Mills -Coordinator  
Institution: Safer Wairarapa
Address: 164 High Street South, Carterton
City: Wairarapa
Country: New Zealand
Phone: +64 6 379 5407 extn 703
Fax: +64 6 379 5941
E-mail: janem@swscc.org.nz
Web address community as a whole:
http://www.wairarapasocialservices.org.nz/home
www.swdc.govt.nz,  www.cartertondc.co.nz, www.mstn.govt.nz

http://www.familyservices.govt.nz/working-with-us/programmes-services/connected-services/local-services-mapping/safer-wairarapa.html#SaferWairarapaCommunityObjectives1

In the Wairarapa region there are a range of initiatives that have been put in place by the community covering safety promotion activities:

For the age group

• Children 0-14 years:
  Peer Support/ Life Skills Parenting programmes
  Active movement
  Active schools
  Child Vehicle Restraints’ Education
  Truancy
  Strengthening Families
  Family Start
  Plunket
  Parents as First Teachers
  Life to the Max
  DARE programmes
  Prevention of Falls for under 5s
  Child Care programmes
  Out of School Care programmes
  Youth offender programmes
  Parenting programmes
  Youth Aid
  Youth Council
  Youth Education
• Youth 15-24 years:
  Alcohol and Drug Services
  Students Against Driving Drunk
  Whakamoe Patu
  Youth Council
  Youth Health Services
  Truancy
  Youth Education
  Youth Offender programmes
  Parenting Teenagers
  Active Wairarapa
  Mental Health Community Support
• Adults 25-64 years:
  Alcohol and Drug Services
  Active Wairarapa
  Parenting skills
  Self defence training
  First Aid Training
• Older Adults 65+ years:
  Tai Chi programmes
  Otago Exercise Programme
  Community Fitness Programmes
  Green Prescriptions
  Active Wairarapa
  Violence Prevention

In the following Environments:

• Home:
  Vulnerable Families
  Home Safety programmes
  Family Violence Home Alarms/monitors
  Safe Design information- as part of building consent process
  Smoke Alarms
  Electrical Safety
  Poison Prevention Campaigns
  Falls prevention especially for older adults and pre-school children
  Campaigns related to safe storage of chemicals
• Traffic:
  Road Safety Action Plan
  Police Road Safety Calendar
  Speed Advisory Signs
  Drink –Drive Campaigns
  School travel plans
  Drive to the Conditions
  Speed Reduction Campaigns
  Motor Cycle Education Stops
  Cycle Safety
  Driveway Runovers
  Impairment and Road Safety Education- by CAAG
  Learner and Driver license education
  Youth Driver programmes
• Occupational:
  Alcohol and Drug Services
  Host Responsibility (Alcohol) programmes- by CAAG
  New Zealand Safety Week
  Farm Safety
  Employers Health and Safety Forum
  ACC Partnership Programme
  ACC Workplace Safety Management Programme
  Health and Safety Committees
• School:
  Safe at Play
  Vulnerable road users, especially cycle and pedestrian safety.
  Walking School Buses
  School Patrols
  Kia Kaha anti bullying programme
  Playground safety
• Leisure:
  Active Wairarapa
  Fitness Classes
  Walking Groups
  Swim for Life (all ages)
  Aqua aerobics
  Halberg Trust Sport Opportunity Programme
  Community Triathlons
  Dancing classes
  Responsible use of alcohol within sports clubs
• Sports:
  Rugby smart
  Sports events
  Slips, Trips and Falls Prevention
• Water: 
  Swimming Lessons
  Water Safety
  Home Pool Safety
  Lifeguards- Council Swimming Pools and Beaches
• Fire:
  Firewise Fire Safety Education in schools, community and rural settings
  Smoke alarms project
• City Streets/ Built Environment:
  Maori Wardens
  Neighbourhood Support
  Crime Prevention Through Environmental design -concepts for urban planning
  Surveillance Cameras
  Liquor bans
  Safer Parks projects

Violence prevention (intentional injuries):

• Family Violence Network / Family Violence Intervention Group
• Violence Free Wairarapa Campaign
• Safe Circles

Suicide prevention (self-inflected injuries):

• Educational/ Awareness Programmes
• 3 year Wairarapa Suicide Prevention Action Plan
• Grey not Blue seminars
• Counselling Services 

Programmes aiming at “High risk-groups”:

• Stopping Violence Programmes
• Family Safety Team
• Intensive Clinical Support
• Wairarapa Alcohol Strategy
• Home Safety (ACC)
• SADD – Students against drunk drivers

Surveillance of injuries:

• Seat belt compliance surveys
• Road-Speed Surveys
• Police Crime Statistics
• Crash and injury Statistics- NZTA, Police
• ACC claims Data
• Statistics New Zealand
• NZ Health Information Services Data         

Numbers per year:

• In 2007, 678 people were admitted to hospital as the result of an injury.

Falls accounted for 234 of the admissions.

Motor vehicle traffic crashes accounted for 52.

225 of hospital admissions occurred at home, mostly as the result of a fall.

• Start Year: 2006
• Population base: Approximately 38 610 people in the Wairarapa region

Produced information, material, pamphlets,

• Evaluation of the Violence Free Wairarapa  Campaign ( 2004,2008)
• Violence Free Wairarapa Campaign Resource Kit (2005)
• “Say it with Love” with List of Helping Agencies: (December 2005)
• Towards a Vibrant Healthy Wairarapa (2007-2008)- Public Health Unit
• “Think on 2 it, not out of it” (2008-2009)- CAAG
• “Annie Goes to the City” (2009)- Wairarapa Road Safety Council
• Evaluation ‘Tamati Paul’ 2008
• Youth Drinking survey 2002
• Sports Accreditation
• Evaluation Holden ‘Driving for the future 2008’

International commitments:

• Attended 17^th International Safe Communities Conference at Christchurch in October 2008
• 2008 Workshop for the International Safe Community Network in New Zealand, 23rd October 2008 

Staff

Number: 1
Professions: Full-time Project Manager
Organisation: Safer Wairarapa Community Council
Specific intersectoral leadership group:Safer Wairarapa Coalition Group including

• Mayor of Carterton Council
• Mayor of Masterton Council
• Mayor of South Wairarapa Council
• Accident Compensation Commission (ACC)
• Wairarapa District Health Board
• Police
• Ministry of Social Development
• Masterton Safe and Healthy Community Council
• Southern Wairarapa Safer Community Council
• Rangitane O Wairarapa
• Ngati Kahungunu O Wairarapa
• Pasifika Wairarapa Trust