A regular update of news and articles from the media across New Zealand relating to water safety, education and rescues.
TOG BOX Let’s get togs to those who need them! Tog Box is an initiative from Water Safety New Zealand and Swimming Wellington to supply togs to those who need them. Not owning a pair of togs can be a barrier to gaining an aquatic education for many Kiwis. Through Water Safety New Zealand’s work to get Water Skills for Life aquat... Keep Reading
Water Safety New Zealand is pleased to be investing in locally driven drowning prevention initiatives in Auckland with a focus on primary school aquatic education and water safety programmes in line with the Auckland Regional Water Safety Strategy. Keep Reading
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Volunteer Surf Lifeguards are reminding beach goers to check their equipment before getting in or on the water this summer.
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Some of Niue’s youngest citizens will be the focus of a new community education initiative being delivered through the Pacific Maritime Safety Programme (PMSP).
Māori Television
On average Māori account for over 20 percent of all preventable and non-preventable drowning fatalities, despite comprising only 15 percent of the nation’s...
A Māori water safety campaigner says common sense and preparation can keep a lot of whānau safer around water.
Stuff
No surf rescues took place over Labour weekend on Waikato beaches.
RNZ
Lifeguards have already rescued a group of surfers who were caught in a rip at Raglan, as the new surf season gets underway.
Rob Hewitt spent 75 hours at sea. He survived and now shares his story to help others
Stuff
Swimmer pulled from water "blue from head to toe" sparks warning as swimming season approaches.
Water Safety New Zealand is set to continue its bathmat project with Plunket, in which bathmats are delivered to the homes of newborn babies.
Former navy diver Rob Hewitt, who once survived 75 hours alone at sea, last week strongly endorsed a University of Otago research programme which...
A new report shows Wanganui Surf Lifesaving club's awareness campaign seems to be working.
Older people are at a higher risk of drowning and under-estimate the dangers around water.
A recent spike in small boat fatalities in Otago-Southland and the West Coast is a ''tragedy'' and lessons must be learned, Queenstown-Lakes...
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