Safe District Project

Key agencies led by Taupo District Council have joined forces and put in place a plan to make the Taupo district a safer place by reducing injury, preventing crime and improving safety in all areas.

Collaboration between funding partners ACC, Lakes District Health Board, NZ Police and Taupo District Council has led to a ‘Taupo Safe District’ steering group being formed including representatives from the NZ Fire Service and TownCentre Taupo.  The group put in place a project plan aimed at meeting the criteria set by the World Health Organisation to apply for accreditation as an International Safe Community in 2010, joining the 10 other New Zealand towns and cities already accredited. 

The Application Document was submitted to the World Health Organisation for accreditation on the 21 Apil 2010. The review team of certified examiners after a site visit to Taupo on that day, headed by Doctor Carolyn Coggan Director of Safe
Communities Foundation New Zealand, accredited the Taupo Safe District and we are now designated an "International Safe Community".

Media Releases

• Taupo District accredited as International Safe Community Taupo district was awarded the designation of ‘International Safe Community’ on Friday 28 May from the World Health Organisation (WHO), becoming the 13th community in New Zealand, and 186th in the world to achieve the accreditation. 1 June 2010
• Taupo gains ‘International Safe District’ accreditation with flying colours – World Health Organisation Six accredited examiners from the World Health Organisation (WHO) visited Taupo last Wednesday (21 April) to judge the district’s application to become an ‘International Safe District’, saying that the districts application was one of the best they had seen. 29 April 2010 
• Taupo aiming to be ‘International Safe Community’ Taupo is progressing toward gaining  accreditation from the World Health Organization (WHO) as an ‘International Safe Community’. 14 January 2010
• Taupo needs you The Taupo Community Ambassadors have been on the streets of Taupo now for the past two weeks in a summer trial of the new initiative, and have been well received by the public. 7 January 2009
• Volunteers wanted to be Taupo’s eyes and ears Good local knowledge, civic minded, mature, non-confrontational, and a common sense attitude are the prerequisites sought for people to become Taupo Community Ambassadors. 10 December 2009
•  Safety first approach for Taupo taxis Taupo taxis are doing their bit when it comes to community safety compared with other taxi services around the country. 16 June 2009 
• Key agencies collaborate for a safer community Key agencies led by Taupo District Council have joined forces and put in place a plan to make the Taupo district a safer place by reducing injury, preventing crime and improving safety in all areas. 17 April 2009
  

• Taupo Safe District Application Part 1  & Part 2
• Taupo Safe District Project Plan - March 2009
• Safe Communities website
  

Or contact:

Doug Scott
Project Manager - Safe Communities
Taupo District Council
ph 07 3760 698
email dscott@taupo.govt.nz