Water Safety New Zealand is pleased to be supporting efforts to teach kids water safety skills in the quake affected community of Waiau. The community and school pool was destroyed in the November 14 quake leaving locals high and dry as summer appr...
WSNZ and Plunket Bathmat Initiative The bathmat initiative is a partnership between the Royal Plunket Society of New Zealand and WSNZ designed to educate new parents on the importance of supervision. Through the partnership, all babies receive a bath...
Whether you’re into fishing, sailing, diving, cruising or just having fun, boating safety awareness is essential. Many boating tragedies are caused by an error in judgement relating to equipment, the weather or behaviour. Make sure you keep ou...
New pool safety legislation came into effect on 1 January 2017. The Building (Pools) Amendment Act 2016 repeals the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 and includes new provisions in the Building Act 2004 relating to residential pools. Key changes Re...
The first Cross Sector Reference Group meeting was held on 4 December 2014 in Auckland. For the Cross Sector Reference Group papers please see below: Cross Sector Reference Group Powerpoint Drowning Prevention and Collective Impact The Drowning Prob...
Water Safety New Zealand’s annual report provides a comprehensive view of our activities in the preceding year, including achievements, outcomes and financial performance. Annual Report 2017 Annual Report 2016 Annual Report 2015 Annual Report 201...
The Water Safety New Zealand board comprises eight passionate and highly skilled trustees. An interest in the outdoors, sport, recreation, water safety, education and health feature predominantly and supplements their business and governance experien...
2017 Annual General Meeting and Members' Forum The 2017 Water Safety New Zealand AGM and Forum will be held on Thursday 26 October, at The Ferrybank in Hamilton Thanks to everyone who was able to attend and support us. We were lucky enough to have t...
These are the road signs on the water. The meaning of each navigational buoy, or beacon, is found in its shape, symbol on the top (topmark) and its colours. Channel Markers These show well-established channels and indicate port (left) and starboard...
Many people enjoy a vast range of aquatic activities that the New Zealand environment offers, whether at home, the beach, a pool or river. We all know that water presents a potential hazard, but we are often unsure of what precautionary measures to t...