Travel Safe

07/05/2026

Winning helmets, delivered in person!🎨🚲
Congrats to our Travel Safe 2026 Design Your Own Helmet winners 👏
A great reminder to wear your helmet every ride to help prevent life-changing injury.

Otumoetai Intermediate School Matua School Te Puna School Ōtūmoetai Primary School

06/05/2026

Variable speed limits are now live at Kaimai School and ACG School 🚸 Coming soon to Tauranga schools too – let’s slow down for tamariki.

Police are urging drivers to take extra care around schools as new variable speed limits are introduced to help keep tamariki safe.

Over the next month, new variable speed school zones will come into force, with signage now operational at two rural schools in the Western Bay of Plenty.

Kaimai School on State Highway 29, and ACG School on Pyes Pa Road, now have variable speed limits in place. Before and after school, the speed limit at these locations is reduced from 100km/h to 60km/h.

Police ask motorists to be aware of the changes and to adjust their speed accordingly. The reduced speed limits will be actively enforced.

Schools in urban areas also have variable speed zones operating before and after school hours, with most limits reducing to 30km/h during these times.

Please take extra care when travelling through school zones and help keep our tamariki safe.

04/05/2026

A quick winter prep check today can keep you safe all season long ❄️🚗

Check out these tips from NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi – make sure your lights are working, tyres have good tread, and stay up to date before you travel.

Get ready for winter travel – winter is (technically...) only a month away. There are 3 things to do:

• check your vehicle’s lights
• check your vehicle’s tyres
• follow us if you aren’t already to get updates on state highways before you travel.

This weekend is a great opportunity to do the first 2, and you can do the third one now.

Turn your lights on and get out of your vehicle to check your headlights, brake lights, and position lights (the front and rear lights that come on when you turn on your headlights) are all working. You can check your brake lights yourself by reversing close to a wall and looking for their reflection in your rear-view mirror.

This is also a good time to make sure you don’t have full beam on (it’s illegal to use full beam around other people) and that your fog lights are off (it’s illegal to use them when it’s not foggy or snowing).

Make sure your tyres have plenty of tread – the minimum legal depth is 1.5 millimetres but the more tread you have the safer you’ll be – and that they’re inflated at the pressure recommended by your vehicle’s manufacturer.

Finally, follow us if you aren’t already to get updates on state highways and check our pages before you travel.

We’ve already had plenty of bad weather across the country this year and conditions can change even more quickly in winter. Intense periods of weather such as severe rain can make it unsafe to travel. If we have to, we’ll temporarily close state highways for everyone’s safety.

03/05/2026

It’s Road Safety Week, and this year’s theme is 'Be a Road Safety Hero' – recognising the everyday people who help keep our roads safe.

Your Road Safety Hero might be a school crossing patrol, a road worker, emergency services staff, or someone who has helped make roads safer in your neighbourhood.

This weekend, we’re lighting up the city yellow to celebrate these heroes and remind everyone to travel safely 💛 Don’t forget to thank your Road Safety Heroes!

https://www.roadsafetyweek.org.nz/

24/03/2026

The Great K Valley Cycle Adventure is on this Sunday! Head along with your whānau to support a great cause and have some fun on your 🚲 or by 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

A new date for Ride for Good!! You have another chance to get the team together and encourage others to enter The Great K Valley Cycle Adventure will be an awesome day out for your family / team. Make up a theme and dress to impress, or just get your bike ready.

18/03/2026

Young Driver Workshops – April!
Are you 16–24 with a learner or restricted licence? Boost your driving skills, confidence, and road smarts these school holidays!

Date: 15th April and 16th April
Hands-on, practical sessions just for young drivers.

Register now as spaces are limited:
https://tauranga.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dnAHj6V8ruTSgn4

26/12/2025

Booze maths doesn’t add up

Transport Agency and Police have teamed up to launch a new drink driving campaign for the festive season. It’s a reminder to plan a sober ride home – because ‘booze maths’ isn’t reliable, and you could hit a checkpoint on your way back.

👉 Watch the ad here: bit.ly/492uwSz

Drink driving is one of the leading contributors to deaths and serious injuries on New Zealand roads. This campaign shines a light on the unreliable ‘booze m...

18/12/2025

It was a pleasure to host our friends from Golden Sands School and Suzanne Aubert Catholic School at the Pāpāmoa East Interchange earlier this month.

These students have seen progress through the phases of construction and are now experts on how to build a bridge😀.

18/12/2025

We all want to get home safely.

Holiday stress can make long drives risky – plan ahead and stay safe!

✅ Make a checklist & share the load
✅ Set realistic expectations
✅ Schedule downtime before travel
✅ Avoid last-minute rush
✅ Take breaks every 2 hours
✅ Pack water & healthy snacks
✅ If drowsy, pull over for a 15–20 min nap

Arrive safe. Enjoy the holidays!

Read more here: bit.ly/48JID01

09/12/2025

Action shots from Traffic Management NZ Schools' Orange Walk 2025 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️👮‍♂️🧡🌞🦺

Special thanks to Bay of Plenty & Taupo Police and all the 1000+ road patrollers, bus monitors, Travel Smart volunteers, teachers, and parents that attended.