Murph Meets Minister Nathan Guy

Murph started the tour in the Taranaki visiting New Plymouth Boys High and Stratford High School, on Monday 28 June, and Hawera High School on Tuesday 29 June. Greg then travelled further south to give a presentation to students at Wanganui High School, with the final presentation held at Rongotai College, Wellington on Wednesday 30 June.

Associate Minister for Transport , Nathan Guy attended the Wellington presentation at Rongotai College and addressed senior students.  Minister Guy spoke about the Safer Journeys strategy and some of the initiatives the government was working on to increase road safety for young people.

“Everyone knows that driving can be fun, and for most people it's an essential part of growing up. But clearly we need to do better.  This is why the government has launched Safer Journeys, a 10 year strategy to cut our road toll. We want young people to graduate through the system with the maturity and skills they need to be competent drivers.  But at the end of day, the government can only do so much. The responsibility for staying safe belongs to all of us.”

The event was a great success, and it was clear that students were really listening to what Greg had to say. Rongotai College pupil Henry Williams, 17, said the presentation had left an impression. He had just got his learner driver's licence and says that "listening to Greg has been an eye-opener. It will certainly make me more aware of the dangers when I am driving." he said.

It was pleasing that Minister Guy was able to see firsthand some of the work MTA and Murph are doing around increasing road safety for young people. It was also a good opportunity to show officials that there are groups out there, such as MTA, who are trying to help and make a difference.  This puts MTA in good stead to keep pushing forward with the road safety message.

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