Mr Passmore, accompanied by the Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand director Tania Peters, looked at how Napier through the principles of Safe Communities was reducing injuries and violence at the local level.
They also looked at how their experiences and lessons learnt might contribute to the global goals of violence and injury prevention as enshrined in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Mr Passmore was welcomed at Pukemokimoki Marae and had discussions with Safer Napier members such as Napier Community Patrol and NZ Police, before having afternoon tea hosted by councillor Kirsten Wise at the Napier Conference Centre.
Ms Wise said it was an honour to be the only New Zealand community to win a 2016 WHO Award.
The group won the Western Pacific Regional Office Healthy Cities Recognition for Violence and Injury Prevention (Safe Cities).
"It is fantastic recognition of the huge amount of work done by the Safer Napier network. We are pleased to be able to showcase that work to WHO in person," Ms Wise said.
An Australian Safe Communities staff member was also hosted by the Safer Napier Strategic Group on Monday.
Safer Napier has been running since 2010 and is based on the Safe Communities model, which is internationally recognised as an effective mechanism to deliver data driven and evidenced based interventions to prevent violence and injuries at community levels.
While Napier City Council is the lead agency of Safer Napier, the other members include ACC Hawke's Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, the Hawke's Bay District Health Board, Health Hawke's Bay, Housing New Zealand Corporation, Ministry of Social Development, Napier City Business Inc, NZ Automobile Association, Fire and Emergency NZ, NZ Police, NZ Red Cross, Te Puni Kokiri, Roadsafe Hawke's Bay, Roopu a Iwi Trust, and Te Kupenga Hauora-Ahuriri.
Safer Napier tracks progress against an evaluation framework set by the SCFNZ.