Because of the events of 2010 and 2011 significantly impacting the Christchurch community, the Safer Christchurch Strategy has been reviewed and refreshed to reflect our changing environment and community.
The 2016 Strategy focuses on five priority areas with the aim of making Christchurch the safest city in New Zealand:
All initiatives under the strategy helped Christchurch in achieving accreditation in 2008 and re-accreditation in 2016 as an International Safe Community, based on criteria in the Safe Communities model endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Strategy is overseen by this group, which comprises: