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Travel Safe

Travel Safe is an all-ages community focused approach to road safety in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.

A joint initiative between Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, NZ Police, and NZ Transport Agency. The Travel Safe team partner with and work alongside communities, schools, parents, caregivers, volunteers, and students, to deliver programmes and initiatives to reduce accidents and improve road safety.

The programmes are developed to address identified high risks for targeted audiences.

Travel Safe is driven by guiding principles:

  • listening to communities
  • keeping it simple and flexible
  • developing community and school ownership at the beginning
  • strengthening community action
  • developing personal skills
  • creating supportive environments
  • supporting building healthy public policy
  • valuing volunteers

Find out more using the links below and follow Travel Safe on Facebook for updates.

Rail Safety Week 2025

Bay of Plenty students have come together to raise awareness about how to stay safe on the region’s 86 railway level crossings, by always expecting the unexpected and watching out for trains.

Rail Safety Week, 11-17 August 2025,  is a national initiative led by KiwiRail and TrackSAFE NZ, with support from transport partners and local councils across Aotearoa. Held every August, it aims to reduce rail-related incidents and encourage safe behaviour around trains and tracks. This year’s theme, ‘Stay Off, Stay Safe’, highlights the serious dangers of trespassing in the rail corridor and urges people to stay clear of railway lines.

Share with care

Share with care on our pathways. Whaia te ara. Stay left, slow down, keep dogs close.

Latest news

Saddle up safely with free Tauranga tours

Posted: 21 December 2023

It’s time to dust off your helmet for a series of free cycle tours in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa in 2024.

Hit the road safely this summer

Posted: 20 December 2023

We all want to get home safely this summer. So, if you’re heading home for Christmas, or bouncing between beaches, baches, and festivals, take extra care behind the wheel.

Bright and bold for road safety

Posted: 01 December 2023

Beaming with smiles and dressed in bright orange costumes, more than 800 students from 28 schools have hit the streets of Mount Maunganui sharing important messages about road safety and active travel.

Celebrating student road safety volunteers

Posted: 23 November 2023

Downtown Mount Maunganui will be awash with orange on Thursday, 30 November as over 800 primary and intermediate school students march and wave banners in the Schools’ Road Safe Orange Walk.

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