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A regularly updated list of Water Safety New Zealand media releases and reports. 

For media enquiries contact Daniel Gerrard, Chief Executive on 027 478 1836.

For Maori media enquiries contact Rob Hewitt on 027 4160069 or rob.hewitt@xtra.co.nz 

 
 

Under-five drownings

20 years of data shows home Under Fives drowning deaths reducing. Twenty years ago, in 2000, the average rate for Under Fives drowning was 12 children per year. Of these, there were an average of eight (67%) who drowned around the home environment which includes baths, pools, buckets and other vessels. In 2019, the average rate for Under Five drownings was four per year, of which two (50%) occurred in the home environment. 

 
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