Working to increase safety in city
Making Christchurch a safer place to live, work, play and learn is the aim of the new Safer Christchurch Strategy.
It is the first community safety strategy developed for Christchurch, designed to make Christchurch the safest city in New Zealand through a programme targeted at injury prevention, road safety and crime prevention.
All initiatives under the strategy ultimately work towards Christchurch seeking World Health Organisation accreditation as a Safe Community. This accreditation acknowledges a city or community's efforts to promote safety and reduce the incidence and/or severity of injuries.
The four specific goals of the strategy are to:
- Reduce the incidence of injury in our community
- Enhance safety on our roads
- Enhance safety from crime through preventative and supportive actions
- Support safety and injury prevention through collaboration and coordination.
The strategy will be overseen by the Safer Christchurch Interagency Group, and reviewed annually to ensure new and emerging issues are covered by the strategy, along with action plans for the four primary goals.
Safer Christchurch Strategy recognises the whole community has a role to play in injury prevention and safety promotion, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and coordination. It also favours a proactive rather then reactive response to the city's needs by anticipating and responding to issues early.
The Safer Christchurch partners are: Accident Compensation Corporation, Canterbury District Health Board. Child Youth and Family, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch Police, Department of Internal Affairs, Housing NZ, Land Transport NZ, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Ministry of Social Development — Family and Community Services, Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, the Department of Corrections, as well as representatives of groups working with youth, families and older people.
Mayor Garry Moore and Sandra Manderson, the Canterbury District Police Commander, meet regularly to talk over issues, including progress on the Safer Christchurch Strategy.
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