Media Releases
2012 Media Releases
Drowning Toll At Eight Year High
Campaign Targets High Maori Drowning Rates
Fishermen Over Represented in Holiday Period Drowning Toll
2011 Media Releases
2011 Media Releases
Tis The Season To Remember Water Safety
Males 55+ Dominate November Drownings
Water Safety Heroes Recognised at National Awards
Mindless Behaviour Drives Drowning Toll Higher
Pre-School Drowning Record Miserable
Shipshape For Summer: Safety First Message For Kiwi Boaties
Drowning Deaths Soar Beyond 2010 Total
Boating Incidents Dominate August Fatalities
Pre-School Drowning Deaths Cause For Concern
Water Safety New Zealand Elected To Australian Council For Teaching Swimming and Water Safety
2011 Water Safety Awards To Celebrate Success
Drownings Continue To Outpace 2010
River Safety Education - Free Professional Development For Wanganui Region Teachers
Call For Central Otago Water Safety Training Answered
Number of Drownings Rise in 2011
Premier Qualifications For Teaching Learn To Swim and Water Safety Launched In NZ
Preschool Drownings Require Action
Nineteen Drowning Deaths In January
Lowest Ever Annual Drowning Toll Recorded In 2010
Deadly Holiday Period For Aquatic Incidents
2010 Media Releases
Eight To Drown Again This Holiday Period?
New Zealand Water Safety Award For Media Partner 2010
New Zealand Water Safety Award For Outstanding Contribution
New Zealand Water Safety Award For Prevention
New Zealand Water Safety Award For Awareness
New Zealand Water Safety Award For Education
New Zealand Water Safety Awards 2010
Water Safety Awards To Celebrate Outstanding Achievement
The New Face Of Learning To Swim In New Zealand
Approach of Labour Weekend Signals Water Safety Concerns
New Zealand Water Safety Awards 2010
Two Pre-School Drownings Tragedies In September
Learn To Swim Research Executive Summary
Learn To Swim Research Highlights Further Issues For Schools
Drowning Hospitalisations Increase Dramatically
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)