Safety tips from New Zealand Police

Visitors - tips for keeping safe in New Zealand

In the home

• How to deal with domestic violence
• How to serve a Trespass Notice
• How to protect children from paedophiles
• What to do about Methamphetamine and other drugs
• How to identify a clandestine drug lab
• How to reduce the burglar's opportunities
• Who burgles a house and why 
• Help us to help you avoid burglaries [PDF leaflet]
• Home burglar alarms explained
• Recording serial numbers
• Dealing with malicious telephone calls [Links to www.Telecom.co.nz]

See also: Neighbourhood Support
 

On the Internet

• Netsafe internet safety info for kids, parents and schools
• Child Safety Online [Department of Internal Affairs]
• Spam, scams, frauds and phishing including the classic Nigerian Fee scam
• Keystroke logging spyware
• How to prevent identity crime

In a car

• Motor vehicle crime
• Protecting your vehicle
• Driver licensing
• Land Transport Safety Authority have safety information for all road users [www.ltsa.govt.nz]
• Road Safety Innovation Awards [Road Safety Trust www.roadsafety.govt.nz/roadsafetyinnovationawards]
• Road Policing focus on speed, alcohol and seat belts.

In the work place

• How to prevent business crime
• Dealing with suspicious postal mail
• Child labour convention

In public places

• Reducing the risk of handbag and briefcase theft
• Safety with drinks
• SAFE (7233) free txt intentions service
• Community Constables

In a boat

• Boat purchasing advice
• Preparing a marine disaster plan
• - Marine disaster plan template

Rural Safety staying safe in rural New Zealand

Other fact sheets from

Neighbourhood Support

Home and neighbourhood:

• Buying secondhand goods
• Serial number recording
• Consumer Guarantees Act
• Fences and neighbours
• Neighbours and trees
• Noise and nuisance
• Dog control
• "Citizen's arrest" and self defence

Vehicles:

• Explaining speed enforcement
• Drink driving
• Illegal parking and car towing
• Checking if a vehicle is stolen
• Reporting bad driving
• Holiday driving tips

General:

• Giving a good description
• Holiday security tips
• Cheque fraud
• Credit and EFTPOS card fraud
• Identity theft
• Shoplifting: trespass, kids & human rights
• Armed robbery
• Domestic Violence Act - Protection Orders

Law and the older person:

• Age discrimination
• Elder abuse and neglect
• Personal safety

See Neighbourhood Support for even more information on how to make our homes, streets, neighbourhoods and communities safer and more caring places in which to live.

Victim/witness memory enhancement forms