An investment in drowning prevention is coming to the Bay of Plenty.
Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) announced today that locally-driven initiatives with a focus on primary school aquatic education and kaupapa Māori water safety programmes were going to be rolled out.
WSNZ through Bay Venues Ltd and Evolution Aquatic Tauranga is funding 4335 primary school children in Bay of Plenty to participate in 10 Water Skills for Life lessons with a trained instructor.
WSNZ also has a new funding partnership with ACC for a kaupapa Māori approach to
drowning prevention interventions.
In 2018, 66 people lost their lives in New Zealand in drowning incidents.