These days, off duty police officers and community volunteers offer a range of well organised and supervised cultural, sporting, educational and social events and programmes for children aged 6-18 years of age, that are all free from alcohol, drugs and violence.
Blue Light now has branches throughout, New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and Scotland.
Blue Light Youth Events and Activities - Sporting events such as touch tournaments and PCT competitions
- Holiday programmes
- Drink driving education programmes and expos
- Leadership camps
- Duke of Edinburgh awards
- Blue Light Bangers in schools
- Take a Kid to Rugby, in partnership with the BOP Steamers
- Discos
- Carters Kids Gone Fishin
- Father & Son fishing trip
- Rainbows End Funday
- Whaka Ama competition
- Short story, short film and poster competitions
- Girls’ self development camps
Aims of Blue Light - To encourage better relations between young people, their parents, the police and the community
- To prevent crime and anti-social behaviour by exposing young people to different experiences and a healthy socialisation process in a safe, supervised environment
- To raise self esteem amongst young people
- To contribute to police goals of reduction of crime and crash and safer communities together
Blue Light Objectives - Reward young people for positive behaviour
- Develop good social skills
- Enhance social responsibility
- Create trust, motivation and leadership
- Enhance police and youth relationships
- Address educational needs relating to youth issues such as drink driving, bullying, graffiti
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Blue Light Tauranga Committee
Blue Light in the Western Bay of Plenty is governed by the Te Aranui Youth Trust. This is a newly formed trust established to run the Blue Light, DARE and Great Pathways Youth Development programmes. These police youth events and programmes are largely funded through donations, sponsorship and community funding.
The dedicated committee who organise and run the Blue Light youth events consists of Western Bay of Plenty police officers and community members. These committed individuals give up their time to provide low cost or free activities for our youth and community.
Current Blue Light Tauranga Committee
Chairperson: Sgt Nga Utanga, Officer in Charge Youth Services WBOP
Vice Chair: Const Leanne Fairbairn, Community Constable Tauranga South
Treasurer: Const Sarah McKenzie, Police Education officer, Tauranga
Secretary: Wendy Nicholls, Operations Manager Te Aranui Youth Trust
Committee:
- Inspector Michael Clement, WBOP Area Commander
- Const Aaron Fraser, Community Constable Tauranga
- Snr Const Jenni Wright, Community Constable Tauranga
- Const Rachel Walker, Community Constable Mt Maunganui
- Const Tawhai Norman, Community Constable Te Puke
- Const Steve Campbell, WBOP Project Manager
- Const Doris Silvester, Police Education Officer Tauranga
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