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Positive Change

Road safety campaigns for our community

Roadsafe Taranaki delivers a community road safety programme

with a specific focus on behaviour change and safe courteous driving in South and Central Taranaki

Resources Available

Explore our collection of free Roadsafe materials, available to download or order physical hard copies. Just click the button below to get started!

Workplace Charter Members

Discover our Roadsafe Taranaki Workplace Charter Members — and find out how your organisation can join this growing community of safety-conscious workplaces.

Get to Know Roadsafe Taranaki

Roadsafe Taranaki collaborates with key road safety stakeholders to try and reduce death or injury on Taranaki roads. Learn more about us by clicking on the button below

Latest News

  • 30
    Jul

    The New Plymouth District Council withdrew from the partnership in March 2025, from 1st July 2025 Roadsafe Taranaki no longer deliver any programmes or fund any road safety initiatives in the New Plymouth District....

  • 16
    Dec

    The Roadsafe Taranaki team – Marion, Zoe, Lois, Hannah and David would like to wish all road users in Taranaki a safe and happy Christmas.  Please take care and be patient on the roads this summer....

  • 16
    Dec

    The 2025 Roadsafe Taranaki Advanced Driver Training weekend is here again, being held at Pukekura Raceway in New Plymouth on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th January. The course is an advanced driver training day with a focus on what to do in an emergency (usually......

Key Partners

Roadsafe Taranaki delivers a community road safety programme in South and Central Taranaki. The programme was established in 2004 when the three Taranaki district councils (South Taranaki, Stratford and New Plymouth) agreed to establish and maintain a joint management group to  deliver the programme partly funded by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The programme is managed by the South Taranaki District Council. The New Plymouth District Council withdrew from the partnership in March 2025, from 1st July 2025 Roadsafe Taranaki no longer deliver any programmes or fund any road safety initiatives in the New Plymouth District.

The Roadsafe Taranaki Programme can include promotions or education of the following:

  • Alcohol & Drugs (Impaired Driving)
  • Cycling
  • Distraction
  • Driver licensing/training
  • Fatigue
  • Intersections
  • Mobility (scooters, mobility scooters, older road users)
  • Motorcycling
  • Restraints
  • Speed
  • Taranaki Road Safety Workplace Charter
  • Walking

Roadsafe Taranaki works closely with key partners such as NZ Police, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Taranaki Regional Council and ACC. We also receive support from organisations like Students Against Dangerous Driving (Kaitiaki o Ara/SADD), Kidsafe Taranaki, Central  Taranaki Safe Community Trust,  Fire and Emergency NZ, St John, local secondary schools, businesses and community organisations.

The Regional Land Transport Committee supports our efforts to achieve the road safety targets of the Road to Zero vision which is where no one is killed or seriously injured in road crashes, and a target for reducing annual deaths and serious injuries by 40% by 2030.