Recapping RSW 2023
Road Safety Week 2023 was a busy one for us here at Kaitiaki o Ara, there was a flurry of awesome mahi happening all over Aotearoa, and beyond! We are so proud of the work our organisation does to make our roads safer, and extremely proud of all the young people who are at the heart of what we do! Read on to see what we got up to and check out some photos from the week!
Donna and Vic spent the week in Perth for their National Road Safety Week, presented at the WA Youth Road Safety Summit- ‘Road Safety Starts with Me’ and met with the WA Road Safety Commission . You will hear much more about this in next week’s blog.
Kaitiaki o Ara staff and students dressed in yellow raising awareness for road safety!
We launched our new interactive video; The After Party. This brand-new resource has been designed for rangatahi to view and interact with at school, in youth groups, or at home with the whānau. The video features multiple points when viewers can click on decisions, leading to different scenarios unfolding. https://www.sadd.org.nz/interactive-video
Sandra attended the Brake NZ Road Safety Week launch and Auckland Transport - Te Ara Haepapa RSW event.
Our Delivery Team was out and about on the road visiting young peoples’ events and activities, as well as running workshops and visiting schools.
Last but definitely not least, in terms of student activities and events…there were heaps!
We had rangatahi running mini road safety expos
‘What would you miss’ post-it activities
Emergency services and community partners visiting and supporting events; NZ Police, FENZ, councils, driving instructors, St John etc
Students running events in local intermediate schools
Collaborations for youth week
Awards given to students by their local council, for their contribution to road safety
Focus or Fail activities
The fatal vision goggles used for various activities
Quizzes and Kahoots
Road safety whole-day events
Cop stops/police checkpoints
A road safety fact wall
Info flyers and our SADD Advisory Notices put on students’ cars
The post-it pledge activity
Chalk art
Road safety videos being shared on social media
The Fast and Furious activity
Mt Roskill Youth & Harmony event
Fundraisers
And more… some groups are still running events into this week because last week didn’t work timing wise
It was one busy week, and alongside that we have many other activities, projects and plans up our sleeves for the rest of the term and year. Road Safety Week is all about making a push and taking a stand for making our roads safer for everyone. A massive thank you to everyone who got involved with the kaupapa. You are our Road Safety Heroes!