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- Safer Christchurch Strategy
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 Safer Christchurch Strategy [PDF, 2.5 MB], adopted in 2005, reviewed in 2008, and refreshed in 2016, provides the framework for a coordinated community and agency response.
The 2016 Strategy focuses on five priority areas with the aim of making Christchurch the safest city in New Zealand:
- Proactive partnerships that have a shared commitment to a Safe City.
- Reducing and preventing injuries.
- Reducing and preventing the incidence and effects of crime.
- Enhancing safety on our roads.
- Building in safety to achieve a city and neighbourhood which are vibrant, safe and inclusive.
International Safe Community
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).
Safer Christchurch Governance Group
The Strategy is overseen by this group, which comprises:
- Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)(external link)
- Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB)(external link)
- Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce(external link)
- Canterbury University(external link)
- Christchurch City Council
- Christchurch Police(external link)
- Department of Corrections(external link)
- Healthy Christchurch(external link)
- He Waka Tapu(external link)
- Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management(external link)
- Ministry of Education(external link)
- Ministry of Health(external link)
- Ministry of Justice(external link)
- Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs(external link)
- Ministry of Social Development(external link)
- New Zealand Fire Service(external link)
- New Zealand Plunket(external link)
- New Zealand Transport Agency(external link)
- NGO sector representative
- Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand(external link)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu(external link)
- The Department of Corrections(external link)
- Youth sector representative