We invite whānau to visit ‘our whare’, to touch, experience, have a conversation and take away important lessons on what they can do to prevent children from being seriously injured in their own homes.”

To enquire about booking the Safety Whare at your community event, email Charis at [email protected]

Our upcoming 2019 Safety Whare Events are: 

Saturday 15^th June 2019

Winter Wonderland

2pm-4pm

Glen Innes Community Centre, 96 Line Road, Glen Innes, Auckland

 Friday 11th October 2019

Well Child Event

Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre & Memorial Hall, Tauranga

 Friday 18th – Saturday 19th October 2019

A&P Spring Show

Poverty Bay Showgrounds, 20 Main Road, Makaraka, Gisborne

Infographic 

• Over 60% of all under-5 injuries happen in the home.

Guidebook 

• Safe as houses : recommendations for childsafe rental properties In New Zealand.

Learn more

• Search our Information Service and Links pages.
• Housing New Zealand's Driveway Safety Programme (includes "A guide to driveway safety for property owners")

The Safekids Aotearoa Home Safety Toolkit is a flipchart designed to be kept and re-used by health professionals who visit families with young children to promote child injury prevention in the home. 

The flipchart covers several topics, presented by age, area and injury issue. Order this resource here.

Download our checklist for a comprehensive list of safety tips and reminders:

• Living Areas
• Bedrooms
• Kitchen and Laundry
• Bathroom
• Outdoors. 

Download it here. This checklist is available in other languages.

We also have safety messages and information on other home-related topics:

• Burns
• Button Battery
• Cutting & Piercing
• Driveway Run Over
• Farm Safety
• Poisoning
• Safe Sleep
• Water Safety