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E ngā mana e ngā reo tēnei te mihi ki a koutou. Ko rātou mā ngā tūpuna
i hoea mai te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, e mihi ana ki a rātou. Ko tātou ngā kanohi
ora o rātou mā, e kore tātou e ngaro he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea.
Welcome
Welcome to the Māori Water Safety website. We hope you will enjoy
navigating around this site and find the information here both useful and
informative.
Our main aim is to inform and educate our Māori communities about the
dangers of being in, on and under the water and how to stay safe while
still having fun and enjoying our natural environment.
Summer's Dangerous Waters
10 March 2009
Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has released the drowning statistics
for the month of February. There were eight drowning deaths in New
Zealand during February. The year to date drowning toll is 31.
For the summer period (December 2008 – February 2009) there were 39
drowning deaths. The average for drowning deaths during summer (last
five years) is 42. In summer of 1999/2000 there were 60 drowning
deaths. The most recent lowest summer toll is 29 from 2000/2001.
Read Media Release >>
(25K)
2008 Drowning Report
15 January 2009
There were a total of 96 drowning deaths in New Zealand in 2008.
Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has today officially announced the
annual drowning toll. It follows one of the highest holiday period
drowning tolls in recent time.
2008 is the second lowest annual toll since records began in
1980. In comparison to 10 years ago, there were 148 drowning deaths
in 1998.
Read Media Release >> (22K)
Read 2008 Drowning Report >> (3.1M)
RFD & Water Safety New
Zealand Partnership
Due to the generous support of RFD NZ Ltd, Water Safety New Zealand
(WSNZ) is able to offer a heavily discounted selection of quality
lifejackets and buoyancy aids to WSNZ member organisations and other
water safety education
providers including schools, that are aligned with WSNZ initiatives.
Click on the RFD Logo for more information. |
