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Road safety - adults

The Travel Safe team work in the community to reduce accidents and improve road safety.

Young Driver Workshop

Free young driver workshops are aimed at road users aged between 16 and 24, who hold a current learner or restricted driver licence. Participants will leave with improved knowledge, confidence, and skills.

Each workshop includes:

  • A 60-minute one-on-one driving lesson with a certified instructor
  • Waka Kotahi NZTA roadworthy vehicle check (what to check to ensure your vehicle is safe and roadworthy)
  • Driver behaviour awareness (speed, impairment, restraints, distraction, and fatigue 
  • Awareness session on sharing the road with heavy vehicles

Parents/caregivers are strongly encouraged to attend but it’s not compulsory. The four-hour workshops are held during school term holidays, usually between 9am and 1pm.

Drive has everything you need to prepare for your learner, restricted and full licence tests.

Visit the Drive website

Young driver workshop

Car Restraints

Looking for support around car seat restraints? Contact one of our local car seat technicians at travelsafeschools@tauranga.govt.nzWe offer free car seat installations, checks, and will help answer any questions or concerns regarding your car restraint.

Carseat installation

Parking behaviour

Drop off and pick up are busy times that pose a safety risk at the school gate. Travel Safe help schools to communicate things like parking time limits, drop off and pick up zones, parking over the kerb and other safety risks at the school gate. We deliver an in-school parking and safety programme named Peaceful Parker, and partner with council parking officers to do school visits when requested by schools or the community.

Blindzone Workshops 

Blindzone workshops allow people to see the world from a truck driver’s point of view. Through a series of practical scenarios, participants will learn where to place themselves so they are visible to truck drivers and will leave with more awareness and confidence on the road. 

For more on Blindzone and cycling around heavy vehicles visit Share the Road.

Blindzone workshop

Be Bright, Be Safe, Be Seen

This winter visibility programme reminds cyclists, walkers, runners, and scooter riders to have lights, bright clothing, and reflective gear if they are out and about during early mornings, evenings, and at other times of low light and poor visibility. 

Whether commuting to work or school, being active for fun or fitness, or popping down to the local shops, people should take extra care and keep safe by being fully visible on roads and paths. 

All cyclists are encouraged to wear high-visibility clothing and ensure their front light, rear light and rear red reflector are all working correctly and are clean.

View the official New Zealand code for cycling for more information.
 

Related news

Council confirms parking permit for Tauranga City Centre fringe

Council confirms parking permit for Tauranga City Centre fringe

Tauranga City’s Mayor and Councillors have approved the introduction of a new city centre fringe parking permit.

The decision made at Tuesday’s Council meeting, will give people an option to buy a permit, permit holders can park in the purple city centre fringe paid zone without needing to pay daily at machines or via the parking app.

The permit pricing is set at $150 per month, $750 for six months, or $1,500 for a full year. Residents within the city centre fringe paid zone are eligible for an 80% discount on a one-year permit, bringing the total cost to $300. Resident discounts are limited to one per property.

While holding a permit does not guarantee a parking space, the reduced cost - when compared to paying daily - will support regular city centre commuters and give residents more flexibility to park on their street at a discount.

Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale sees the permit as a solution to some of the concerns he and Councillors have heard in the community and underlines the need to keep exploring other possibilities.

“This is a way to ease the financial pressure of paid parking and gives people who live or work in the area, as well as people that park there all the time, an option for a discount for longer term permits,” says Mahé.

“We will continue looking at innovative ways to make visiting and parking in the city centre easier for our community.”

Permits are available for purchase via the PayMyPark app. Residents should first apply for a discount code by providing proof of address at www.tauranga.govt.nz/parking.

Originally set to begin on Monday, 4 August, the new city centre fringe paid zone will now come into effect on Monday, 18 August, giving residents and regular commuters more time to apply for their permits and adapt to the changes.

The new city centre fringe paid zone is part of phase two of the Parking Management Plan (PMP) for the city centre that was approved by Council on 28 April. The PMP aims to improve access to short-stay parking, and balance increased demand across the city centre and city centre fringe with new paid and time- restricted zones, and changes to off-street pricing.

All public parking, including parking buildings and off-street carparks are free after 5pm, free every weekend and on public holidays.

Posted: Aug 7, 2025,

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Staying safe on scooters. Information about staying safe on your scooter.

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