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Drowning Stats

With any water comes risk and sadly every year far too many people lose their lives or are injured in, on or around the water. The tragedy is that most drownings and injuries are preventable. Keep Reading

Recreation Statistics

We work on behalf of 4.7 million Kiwis, new New Zealanders and visitors to Aotearoa/New Zealand throughout our country. The majority enjoy participation in water-based sport, recreation and commercial activities. Each year there are 20 million visits to public swimming pools, 3.5 million people visit beaches, 4.5 million go boating, more than... Keep Reading

Under-five drownings

20 years of data shows home Under Fives drowning deaths reducing. Twenty years ago, in 2000, the average rate for Under Fives drowning was 12 children per year. Of these, there were an average of eight (67%) who drowned around the home environment which includes baths, pools, buckets and other vessels. In 2019, the average rate for Under Five drownings was four per year, of which two (50%) occurred in the home environment.

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