Media Release
Monday 19 April
For immediate release

The Importance of KISS

More than 150 people will gather for KISS (Kids in Safe Seats), New Zealand’s first child restraint conference in four years, this week.

Given the recent profile of crashes involving children, KISS has particular relevance for those involved in protecting the future of young New Zealanders.

Plunket national child safety advisor Sue Campbell says it is important the two day conference is used to celebrate the good work being done, as well as discussing the ongoing challenges of promoting child restraint use.

“It allows those in the field to get the latest information on keeping our children safe, and to be re-energised to continue their great work,” she says.

KISS features international speakers Dr Kathryn Kruger, Executive Director of the Washington State Safety Restraint Coalition and Associate Professor Lynne Bilston, from the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Sydney.

Dr Kruger’s keynote speech will cover the serious and sometimes zany ways the Coalition has used over the years to call attention to the need to buckle up and place children properly in car restraints. This is her first visit to New Zealand.

Other participants include New Zealand Police National Advisor Crash Investigation, Inspector Mark Stables, Starship Children’s Health Paediatric Intensive Care Specialist Dr Elizabeth Segedin, and Sustainable Transport and Road Safety, Waitakere City Team Leader Kitch Cuthbert.

For more information go to www.plunket.org.nz/kiss .

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