Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
NZ School Trustees Assn.
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Advises all secondary school boards of the circumstances of the Henderson accident and suggests that boards in the vicinity of a rail corridor, which may have similar problems, raise the issue of potential hazards in the rail environment with students and co-operate with Tranz Rail, local authorities, and other affected local groups to develop and implement specific local action plans to minimise or eliminate hazards.
Reply Text
The Association will be implementing and adopting the safety recommendation. Advice to secondary school boards will be given once the Commission has publicly released the final report and provided the Association with a copy. I can advise that the Association already has an article in its magazine to members [STAnews] warning boards in generic terms of the hazards associated with rail corridors and of the need to liaise with Tranz Rail and appropriate local authorities. This issue of STAnews will be with boards of trustees early next month.
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