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This topic has information on being safe with fire, water, animals, strangers, guns and also includes online and food safety. Find out about first aid and when you need to call the emergency services like the fire service or police. SCIS no. 1856654

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Traffic training

Traffic training

Image of children practicing road safety.

Safety poster

This 1980s poster encourages learners to join an approved motorcycle riding school.

Road Safety Week

Road Safety Week is coordinated annually by Brake - a road safety charity.

Ruben the road safety bear

This interactive website focuses on road safety for younger levels.

Road Safety

This story covers road safety from the point of view of drivers, pedestrians, and passengers. It also includes items like seatbelts, helmets, and signs that keep us safe on the road.

Road safety

A drive safely cartoon.

Street safety for children

Street safety for children

These pages are from Khoi luong luu thong la gi?/What is traffic?, a booklet produced by the Land Transport Safety Authority. Published in 1995, it also appeared in many other languages. Its aim wa...

Cycling safety

Cycling advocates demand drivers learn to share the roads safely.

Water Safety

As an island nation, water sports are very popular in New Zealand. This story covers various aspects of water safety including swimming, boating, and fishing.

Fire Safety

This story covers how fires start, how to keep safe from fires at home and the people and tools that keep us safe such as firefighters, smoke alarms, fire extinguishers and sprinkler systems.

NZ Government website with everything you need to know about COVID-19 in one place.

COVID-19 (novel coronavirus

New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has health advice, latest updates and links to information in various languages on COVID-19.

Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus

Advice from the World Health Organisation on how to take care of yourself and protect others from the spread of COVID-19.

Food safety

Along with central government, local councils also have food safety responsibilities. Wellington City Council officer Mr Smythe is taking swabs from cups at Le Normandie restaurant in 1962.

Rail safety

Information about a Rail Awareness initiative.

Road safety stamp

Road safety stamp

Stamp issue made in support of National Accident Free Day, as part of a road safety campaign.

Air safety

Card showing airline safety precautions.

Motorcycle safety gear

Motorcycle safety gear

Poster showing the importance of wearing safety gear when riding a motorcycle.

Road safety

A cartoon about road safety.

Holiday safety

Cartoon referring to safety during the holidays.

Fire notice

Notice on a tree, written in Māori, warning not to light fires.

Safety stickers

Safety stickers

Road safety-themed stickers from around 1938.

First aid instruction

First aid instruction

Article about a first aid training course that took place in 1961.

Children’s safety seats

Children’s safety seats

Babies and toddlers show off special car safety seats donated to the Plunket Society in the 1980s. Plunket raises funds by hiring out the seats to parents. Although many people began using the seat...

Safety in cheese making

Activity related to food safety.

Safety exhibition

Safety exhibition

Article about the industrial safety exhibition staged by the Department of Labour.

In this activity, students discuss a number of scenarios involving fire risk.

Bus safely

A bus safety poster.

Road safety parade

Road safety parade

Article about the road safety parade, which took place in January 1966.

Children lost in the bush for 4 days.

Road safety strategy

Road safety strategy

Cartoon related to road safety.

Future Qantas safety checks?

Future Qantas safety checks?

Cartoon related to airline safety.

Use a hankie

A poster about keeping food safe.

Cyclist - reflect! Safety first!

Cyclist - reflect! Safety first!

This is a poster from the 1930s promoting bike safety. Cyclists are less visible than other vehicles on the road, so it is important that their bikes have appropriate equipment and lighting so othe...

Police officer

A frontline police officer is wearing new body armour. It has been fitted with ceramic plates to provide better protection for the officer’s back, chest and stomach. Keeping the community safe is o...

Disaster kit

This cartoon followed the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake that resulted in severe damage and many casualties. After disaster strikes, electricity and water will be cut off, roads damaged a...

Keep food safe

Promoting food safety, this poster encourages people to wash their hands before handling food. Our hands can easily spread bacteria around the kitchen and onto food. It is extremely important to wa...

Personal protective equipment

Personal protective equipment

People wear personal protective equipment to protect them from possible health and safety risks. It can include items such as safety glasses, gloves, helmets, and high-visibility clothing, etc. Thi...

Practise road safety

Practise road safety

Each year sees people killed and injured on New Zealand roads. As a result, a number of road safety campaigns encourage people to keep safe on our roads. This poster, developed for a 1937 road safe...

Dog’s alarm of fire

Dog’s alarm of fire

This newspaper article from 1912 mentions a family who managed to escape a house fire when woken by their barking dog. Today people are encouraged to install smoke alarms in their houses to ensure ...

Provides useful resources on health and safety in the workplace.

Adventure smart

A website promoting safety across land, snow, water and air activities.

New Zealand police

Provides information about personal, home and boat safety for people of all ages.

Digital citizenship toolkit

Information about digital citizenship and being safe, positive and responsible online.

Information and advice about keeping yourself and others safe from cyberbullying.

Provides fire-related safety education resources.

NZ water safety campaign featuring the 'Swim Reaper'.

Safety for children

Provides information on road safety.

Careful with that axe

A son, left alone after watching his Dad chop wood, figures out how an axe works.

Better safe than sorry

A collection of NZ public safety awareness films from the 50s to the 70s.

Dressing for outdoors

Quickfire introduction on how to dress for outdoor adventures.

Learn how to play it safe at home, outdoors, and on the road during any season of the year.

Safety begins at home

A guide for keeping family, friends and whānau safe in the home.

Be safe around strange dogs

Tips on how to be safe around strange dogs.

A friendly stranger

A video about stranger danger.

Lab safety video

Know all the rules so you can be safe working in the lab at school.

Safety in the science classroom

Tips for teachers.

A strategy designed to guide New Zealand's efforts to improve road safety from 2010–2020.

Firearms and safety

Find information on how you can safely use and store firearms and New Zealand firearms licences and laws.

Fire emergency New Zealand

Website with information about fire safety.

Road safety experiment in 1955

The Transport Department and the National Road Board join together in attempting to curb the road toll.

Stay safe and conquer this Farm Rules! Safety game.

A selection of old New Zealand health posters.

Inflight safety video

Air New Zealand inflight safety video.

Want to be safe around dogs?

Simple rules for dogs, dog owners and everyone else.

Find out what to do before, during and after an earthquake, flood, landslide, storm, tsunami or volcanic activity.

Fire safety for densified housing

New Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) fire safety programme for densified housing.

Safety interventions for schools

Safety resources from New Zealand Police on personal safety, travel safety, health safety and safety in the community.

A free and comprehensive pocket guide to first aid and emergency response.

One city – two earthquakes, November 2011

Regarding the Christchurch earthquake, what is liquefaction and what to do in an earthquake.

Construction of a road, from the planning to marking, and what goes into making it safe to travel on.

Journey on the sea

Jeff Chapman and fellow sailor Jenni Bedford set up Te Ara Moana (journey/pathway on the sea) to teach students of Titahi Bay Intermediate about boats, sailing and how to stay safe while doing it.

Digital citizenship

This page from Many Answers will take you to trustworthy and reliable sites that will help you to think critically about things you read and how to stay safe on the internet.

Forerunner to the seatbelt

Did you know that a cane basket was used to keep a baby safe before seatbelts for children became law in New Zealand?

Skunk juice added to natural gas

Natural gas is odourless so a smelly brew of sulphide and methyl mercaptan is added so that people are alerted to the smell if they have left an appliance on or that there is a gas leak.

Maritime safety

The latest alerts, warnings and information you need to safely navigate around New Zealand waters.

Switching on safety for students learning at home

‘Switch on Safety’ by Network for Learning proving effective in blocking online threats and access to inappropriate websites as students learn from home.

What can I do if I’m bullied online?

The Life Education Trust provides information and a quiz about cyber bullying.

Learn how to keep you and your family fire safe with activities, videos and games.

Beach safety messages

10 key beach safety messages to keep you and your family safe.

Abuse: a guide for young people

Find out what abuse it is, the different forms it can take, and who can help you.

Learn how to play it safe at home, outdoors, and on the road.

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