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On average (last 5 years) 105 New Zealanders per annum have died by drowning.
New Zealand’s annual drowning toll is one of the worst in the developed world.
Water safety education is about saving lives, in, on and under the water.
Kia Maanu, Kia Ora! Stay Afloat Stay Alive!
Drowning Toll
This Year As At 25 January 2012 : 15 | Same Time Last Year : 17
Latest News
Drowning Toll At Eight Year High
25 January 2011
123 people drowned in New Zealand during 2011, up 41% on the previous year and the worst annual drowning toll on record since 2003. A significant 80% of those that died were men. Read more >>>
Sport Southland Media Release - Southland Children Set To Experience Our Way Of Life
19 January 2012
Sport Southland and Water Safety New Zealand are working together to give Southland children the skills they need to be safe in the water, as part of a nationwide Our Way of Life campaign. Read more >>>
NZRA Media Release - PoolSafe Achieves Record Numbers
17 January 2012
The unseasonable weather so far this summer has not stopped swimming pools around the country from putting safety first. New Zealand public pools are taking safety seriously as is evident in the record number of facilities that now have obtained the PoolSafe® safety endorsement. Read more >>>