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Driver Coach – helping you support your teen driver

Driver Coach is a workshop designed for parents and carers.  The importance of parents and their role in keeping their teens safe throughout the many stages of learning to drive is well documented. However, they are not often given all the tools for the job. Research shows that the way parents engage with their teens through the learn-to-drive journey can have a significant impact when it comes to creating safer drivers who take less risks. RSE, through the Driver Coach program aims to equip parents and carers with the tools they need and support them on this very important journey.

This practical workshop which updates parents on latest research and road safety approaches, outlines some of the conversations and strategies our facilitators share with their teens at Ryda and gives them an opportunity to ask questions and get advice from the experts.

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Upcoming 2026 Events

Australia

  • 2 September – Australia-wide (online) (book here)

New Zealand

 

 

  • 26 November – Central Auckland

 

Past Events

Australia

2026

  • 16 July – Australia-wide (online)
  • 28 July – Wide Bay, Qld (online)
  • 19 May 2026 – Kingaroy, QLD
  • 19 February 2026 – Online

2025

  • 1 April 2025 – Bundorra VIC, Parade College
  • 5 May 2025 – Wagga Wagga NSW, Wagga Wagga Show Ground
  • 12 May 2025 – Bega NSW, Sapphire Coast Kart Club
  • 13 May 2025 – Portland VIC, St John’s Lutheran Primary School
  • 18 June 2025 – Central Coast, NSW, Meeting Room 3, The Erina Centre
  • 30 June 2025 – Warrnambool, Vic, Deakin University
  • 23 July 2025 – Hervey Bay, QLD, Urangan Community Wellness Centre
  • 27 August – Bundaberg Central, Loyola Building, Shalom College, 9 Fitzgerald St
  • 6 November – Online
  • 3 December – Online

New Zealand

2026

  • 9 June – Pukekohe
  • 11 June – Hamilton
  • 18 June – Wellington
  • 25 May – Dunedin
  • 21 May – Henderson
  • 14 May – Napier
  • 5 May – Hutt Valley
  • 5 May – Christchurch
  • 4 May – Rotorua
  • 28 April – Timaru
  • 29 April – Online
  • 22 April – Oamaru
  • 19 March – North Shore
  • 16 March – Queenstown
  • 16 March – Palmerston North
  • 11 March – Porirua
  • 11 March – New Plymouth
  • 4 March – Whangarei
  • 4 March – Te Kuiti
  • 26 February – Online
  • 23 February – Cambridge

2025

  • 24 February 2025 – Blenheim, Marlborough Boys’ College
  • 4 March 2025 – Porirua, Te Rauparaha Arena
  • 11 March 2025 – Nelson, Bowater Toyota
  • 12 March 2025 – Whangārei, Northland Rugby Union
  • 12 March 2025 – New Plymouth, New Plymouth Raceway
  • 13 March 2025 – Whanganui, Whanganui Jockey Club
  • 19 March – Cromwell, Cromwell College
  • 26 March – North Shore, Takapuna Cricket Club
  • 26 March – Masterton, REAP House
  • 30 April – Oamaru, Athletic Marist Rugby Club
  • 8 May – Ashburton, Hotel Ashburton
  • 8 May – Pukekohe, Pukekohe Netball Courts
  • 12 May – Invercargill, Ascot Park Hotel
  • 12 May – Lower Hutt, Ricoh Sports Centre
  • 14 May – Upper Hutt, Te Kupenga o Rongomai Maidstone Sports Hub
  • 21 May – Napier, McLean Park
  • 26 May – Dunedin, Cooke Howlison Toyota
  • 12 June – Rotorua, Rotorua Race Club
  • 19 June – Hamilton, Ebbett Toyota
  • 27 August – Online
  • 16 October – Tauranga, Bethlehem Baptist Church
  • 30 October – Online
  • 2 December – Online

If you would like to request a session or find out more, contact info@rse.org.au (in Australia) or info@rse.org.nz (in New Zealand)

Outstanding program.  All facilitators were excellent.  The workshop is essential for all Year 10 students.  It is relevant, highly informative, and very powerful without being sensationalist.

Teacher
Catherine McAuley, Westmead