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Road Safety Hero - Matthew Green

Constable Matthew Green was nominated as a Road Safety Hero by Ormiston Primary School.The school has a road patrol team and every year Constable Green runs the NZ Police and Waka Kotahi road patrol training with the students who are part of the team. He also attends the school at other times to support the work of the road patrol team and to help the school community and other road users stay safe on the roads around school.Thank you, Matthew, for being a Road Safety Hero....

Road Safety Hero - Anna Bray-Sharpin

Anna is working to help Aotearoa more broadly and rapidly achieve safe speed limits. Achieving safe speeds on our roads is the fastest and most impactful way to make our streets safe for everyone and give people more options for how they get around.In addition to her work at Waka Kotahi, Anna talks about safe speeds and urban mobility to other groups, including speaking at previous Brake events for organisations with at-work drivers. These events looked at Vision Zero, the safe system approach t...

Road Safety Hero - Jess Darnley

Jess worked on a project in 2021 to create social media road safety ‘stickers’ for SADD after noticing that there weren't any appropriate road safety sticker options on social media. Jess worked with the SADD team to set up a Giphy account and create a range of stickers covering specific holiday periods and long weekends, as well as general awareness messaging.The stickers can be shared on channels such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat and used by young people when they are sharin...

Road Safety Hero - Chris Horrocks

Before retiring last year, Chris was the longest-serving member of the Wairarapa Road Safety Council Board, where he represented the AA. He was a founding member of the Council, and remained a member for over 33 years. Chris was a volunteer member of the AA and his dedication never went unnoticed. He worked tirelessly for the Road Safety Council and AA, and gave valuable input to meetings and activities to help advocate for safer roads. Chris would always put his hand up to volunteer for ev...