Kia ora Ko Kiri Sloane Taku Ingoa.

I am the Road Safety Coordinator for the Far North District.

I manage and coordinate road safety projects to help educate, promote, and raise awareness about the importance of road safety within local communities.

 Some of these projects include the following:

• Alcohol: Kta Alcohol Accord, Slow Da Flow, SADD (Students Against Driving Drunk), ALAC (Alcohol Advisory Council) resources distribution into the community, Host Responsibility training to Sports clubs and local community, working collaboratively with NZ Police (Enforcement), ACC (Education), FNDC (Engineering), and community to help reduce alcohol related harm offending and drink driving.

• Speed: Working with ACC, to have speed trailer allocation across the district to raise awareness to motorists about the impact of speed. Working with local schools to help resolve speed issues around their schools.

• Child Restraints: 12 child restraint checkpoints are held throughout the Kaitaia area each year to promote and raise awareness about the correct usage of child restraints. A full range of child restraint and accessories are available at Far North REAP for community to purchase.

• Fatigue: Fatigue stops are held in Waiomio prior to long weekends, to raise awareness to motorists of the importance of taking breaks whilst traveling. At these stops there are toilets available, fatigue and road safety resources, free espresso coffee and sausage sizzles.

• Cycling and Pedestrian: Raising awareness about cycle and pedestrian safety.

Terry Tepania and Angelene Waitohi also run driver license programmes, ie: Learners, Restricted, Safe with Age, Defensive Driving, and Driver education.

 I also work and support five other community groups across the district who promote road safety in their rohe, they are Te Runanga O Whaingaroa, Te Hauora O Hokianga, Moerewa Driver Licensing, Te Hauora O Kaikohe, and Te Hauora O Whanui.

You can contact Kiri Sloane [Far North Road Safety Coordinator] at Far North REAP Ph. (09) 408-1380 or kiris@farnorthreap.org.nz.