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. Following the success of Swim Safe Southland’s Learn to Sw...
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...
Water Safety New Zealand – in conjunction with sponsor New Zealand Post – is launching a campaign aimed squarely at improving the water safety skills of Maori. The campaign - Kia Maanu, Kia Ora! [also called Stay Afloat Stay Alive] - is in respon...
Nine people lost their lives to drowning in New Zealand waters during the official holiday period – between 4pm Christmas Eve and 6am this morning. Six of the fatalities occurred during water based recreational activity – four while fishing, one...
Last summer, ten New Zealanders drowned between 4pm Christmas Eve and 6am January 5th. In a year that has already seen 117 Kiwis lose their lives to drowning (30 more than last year’s total figure), Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) is calling for ca...
Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has today released drowning statistics for the month of November. There were a total of eight drownings for the month; the national drowning toll as at 6 December 2011 is now 110, this follows the reported death of a...
On Thursday 24th November, at a Gala Dinner held at Te Papa in Wellington, the Sealord New Zealand Water Safety Awards for 2011 were presented. The awards and the dinner ceremony were one of the highlights of Water Our Fatal Attraction: The New Zeala...
On Thursday 24th November the annual New Zealand Water Safety Awards will be presented at a ceremony at Te Papa in Wellington. “Hosted by Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ), the Awards for 2011 are being supported by Sealord. The Sealord New Zealand W...
Eleven drowning fatalities recorded in October have driven the national drowning toll for the ten months of 2011 to 102, reports Water Safety New Zealand. Five net fishing drownings, two underwater (snorkelling), one accidental immersion of a pre-sch...
Last night, TVNZ's Close Up ran a feature on the research WSNZ is undertaking on swim and survive skills in potential drowning situations. Click here to watch the feature....