A Newshub article.
The Government is being urged to make major investments in water safety education, with advocates concerned about last year’s high death toll.
Water Safety New Zealand’s 2021 Provisional Drowning Report claims 74 drownings occurred last year – the same as in 2020 – and 20 of them were in December.
Swimming New Zealand chief executive Steve Johns and Drowning Prevention Auckland chief executive Nicola Keen-Biggelaar want to see water safety made compulsory in the New Zealand Curriculum.