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"We Need To Do Better": Too Many People Drowning On Our Coastlines – Surf Life Saving NZ


Monday, 15 March 2021, 7:21 am
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) are saying “we
need to do better,” following a report published today
outlining New Zealand’s poor beach and coastal drowning
rates.
On average, 36 people fatally drown every year
on New Zealand’s coastlines, according to the Beach &
Coastal Safety Report published by SLSNZ – and that figure
is on the increase.
SLSNZ Chief Executive, Paul
Dalton, says the new findings are deeply upsetting, both for
loved ones of the deceased and for volunteer Surf Lifeguards
who are at the coalface of the issue.
“The number of
fatal beach and coastal drownings in New Zealand has ....

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