11 Jul 2025

From watching a colleague drown, to promoting water safety

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 11 July 2025

With a 10-year average of nearly 13 drownings a year. It's never a bad time to remember the importance of water safety.

Esther Hone from Water Safety NZ's "Water Skills for Life Programme' joined Jesse.

Auckland residents from Chinese and Pacific communities participated in Drowning Prevention Auckland's WAI WISE workshop to learn essential water safety skills.

Photo: RNZ / Duoya Lu

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