SADD

DHS SADD - Kaitiaki o Ara - Students Against Dangerous Driving.

What is Kaitiaki o Ara/SADD?

Empowering young Kiwis to prevent loss on our roads. Together.

We empower young people to make safer and better choices on the road.

What is Kaitiaki o Ara/SADD?

SADD is a student-led charity with the collective goal of preventing loss on New Zealand roads. The SADD team provide guidance and support using best practice, evidence based, road safety education approaches to influence their peers and wider community to positively promote safe road user behaviours.

An emphasis is on good decision making and societal contribution. SADD offers opportunities for students to work collaboratively and build relationships with road safety partners and community groups to develop solutions to achieve our collective goals of reducing harm on our roads and improved wellbeing outcomes for our rangatahi.

For many years DHS SADD has nationally had the largest number of students involved compared to other schools in New Zealand.

In 2025, under the Leadership of Internal Prefect Leah Bray there have been many activities organised for students to be involved in. She has been to the SADD Conference held in Christchurch earlier this year and she has promoted many initiatives throughout the school to support our students to make good decisions with their driving.

Leah has organised activities for each term. The focus this year has been “Don’t wish you didn’t make sure you don’t.”

With regular videos shown at assembly and competitions held for the SADD students the messages for being safe on the roads is always promoted. In Term 3, a day is set aside with a variety of SADD activities which the whole school can participate in. This will align with the National SADD initiative of ‘Show Up’. Which relates to how we all choose to show up in life and the need to show up by making choices that protect everyone on the road.

Empowering young Kiwis to prevent loss on our roads.

Together.

We empower young people to make safer and better choices on the road.