Media Releases
2010 Media Releases
Lowest Six Month Drowning Toll In 20 Years
Kiwis Slow To Learn Water Safety Behaviour! (84K)
Fourteen Drown in March and Easter Holidays (84K)
Water Safety Campaign Targets Supervision of Young Children (172K)
Water Safety NZ and Plunket bath mat project (264K)
Low February Drowning Toll (28K)
Lowest January Drowning Toll (96K)
Situation Vacant – WSNZ Regional Manager South Island (112K)
Holiday Drowning Statistics (136K)
Five Drowned and Close Calls Reinforce Water Safety Concerns During Holidays (112K)
2009 Media Releases
Will the Holdiay Season be Drowning Season Again? (108K)
November Drowning Toll Leads into Summer (36K)
Japanese To Set Up Replica Of Water Safety New Zealand (124K)
High Drowning Toll in October (36K)
Tekapo Tragedy a Timely Reminder for Boaties (36K)
Holiday Drowning Toll Again Hits 10 (44K)
Summer Time Fun Ends in Tragedy (44K)
Summer’s Dangerous Waters (28K)
2008 Media Releases
15 Drowning Fatalities in January (44K)
February Drowning Deaths Dip (28K)
25,000 Students Take on Swim For Life Challenge (20K)
Drowning of Children Under 5 Increases (32K)
Drowning Numbers High in April (44K)
Is Water Safety Still a Priority? (48K)
‘Akona te Kauhoe’ – Swim For Life (40K)
Failure to Supervise Continues to Cost Lives! (24K)
Pacific Water Safety Strategy Launched (40K)
Click here to Read the Ministers Speech at the Launch
Drownings Forecast to Soar as Swimming Ability Sinks (112K)
Water Safety New Zealand Warns Against A Repeat of History (24K)
2008 Drowning Report (Media Release) (28K)
2008 Drowning Report (Full Report) (1.5M)
2007 Media Releases
Free Whanau Nui/Family Learn to Swim and Survive Lessons in Manukau (24K)
WEET-BIX and Water Safety New Zealand Address Learn to Swim Issue (48K)
Summer Drowning Fatalities Surge (24K)
New Water Safety Resource for Kohanga Reo (20K)
Preschool Drowning Issue Still Remains (40K)
May Drowning Toll at Five (44K)
Wellington City Council Joins Swim For Life (52K)
Drowning Toll For 2007 Increases (64K)
Small Children Continue to Drown in New Zealand (48K)
International Aquatic Leaders Converge on Wellington (56K)
Weet-Bix Tryathlon Highlights Low Level of Swimming Ability (20K)
Water Safety New Zealand Issues Warning! (32K)
Under Five Waterwise Strategy Review (32K)
Under Five Waterwise Strategy Review Factsheet (304K)
Scouting New Zealand Joins Swim For Life (40K)
Holiday Season is the Drowning Season (20K)