Taupo District Safe Community
Six accredited examiners from the World Health Organisation (WHO) visited Taupo on in 2010 to assess the district's application to become an 'International Safe District'. They described the submission as one of the best they had seen.
Director of Safer Communities Foundation NZ, and WHO Examiner Dr. Carolyn Coggan, who led the day, indicated that the Taupo District's application booklet had been read internationally. "It has been applauded as very robust and informative in content, and brilliant in design and presentation. This reflected the Taupo Safe District Community and their collaborative efforts in pursuing programmes, initiatives and projects encompassing crime, injury and safety methodology".