Source: Maritime New Zealand
| 14 participants: Bay of Plenty Regional Council Buller District Council Environment Canterbury Environment Southland Gisborne District Council Greater Wellington Regional Council Hawkes Bay Regional Council Marlborough District Council Northland Regional Council Otago Regional Council Queenstown Lakes District Council Taranaki Regional Council Tasman District Council Waikato Regional Council |
‘No Excuses’ on water campaign On-water campaign targeting high-risk factors in recreational boating fatalities, in particular lifejacket wearing and safe speed |
$70,000 |
| Bay of Plenty Regional Council Jon Jon Peters JonJon.Peters@boprc.govt.nz Jacqui.Sinclair@boprc.govt.nz |
Towards Zero Continuing the work started with the Towards Zero programme and continue to grow and improve the safe boating priorities in the Bay of Plenty |
$55,560 |
| Bay of Plenty Regional Council Jon Jon Peters JonJon.Peters@boprc.govt.nz Jacqui.Sinclair@boprc.govt.nz |
Kia marutau ki te wai – be safe in the water A pilot education programme will be run during the summer of 2021/22 to provide safer boating training specific to the needs of individual iwi and hapū. |
$10,000 |
| Coastguard Carole French Carole.french@coastguard.nz | Old4NewLifejacket Upgrade Programme Continuation of the Old4New Lifejacket Upgrade campaign offering heavily discounted lifejackets and PFD’s to those who upgrade their old or damaged lifejackets across NZ. |
$80,000 |
| Coastguard Boating Education Kirstin Brown kirstin.brown@boatingeducation.org.nz |
Folau Malu – (Journey Safely) Pasifika Boating Education Continuation of an existing programme – education for Pasifika boat users on Coastguard NZ Day Skipper course, in-water survival course and Maritime VHF radio operator certificate. |
$69,209 |
| Environment Canterbury Gordon McKay Gordon.mckay@ecan.govt.nz |
Canterbury Safer Boating Programme The programme will target skipper responsibility, including speed, lifejacket’s and boating behaviour through radio, social media, face to face at boat ramps and camping areas |
$45,000 |
| Environment Southland Lyndon Cleaver Lyndon.Cleaver@es.govt.nz |
Environment Southland Boating Safety Programme On-water and boat ramp checks targeting skippers’ safe boating knowledge and responsibility, carriage of communication and safety equipment, wearing lifejackets, checking marine weather forecasts and education around alcohol on the water |
$17,000 |
| Gisborne District Council Salvatore Ali harbourmaster@gdc.govt.nz |
Tairāwhiti Haumaru Moana New campaign focused on promoting safer boating throughout the region including reaching out to the remote communities around East Cape. Key messaging will focus on skipper responsibility and the carriage and use of safety equipment throughout the recreational boating community. |
$38,000 |
| Greater Wellington Regional Council Grant Nalder harbours@gw.govt.nz |
Be seen, be heard, plan to be safe Reinforcing basic safety messages, importance of communication and promotion of further training and education via in-person engagement with boaties on and off the water. |
$50,000 |
| Hawkes Bay Regional Council Captain Martin Moore harbourmaster@hbrc.govt.nz |
Safe boating education in schools and at boat ramps Safer boating education in local schools (for up to 12 years old) and education to boaties at boat ramps |
$14,000 |
| Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (KASK) Steve Flack steve.flack@hotmail.com |
Meet The Paddlers Road show travelling to different town centres/regions to provide kayak safety advice and training. The programme is expected to run in Northland, Auckland, Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch. |
$5,500 |
| Nelson City Council Mandy Bishop mandy.bishop@ncc.govt.nz |
Responsible and informed recreation The programme will target skipper responsibility so boaties know what to do to ensure they and others are safe on the water. |
$38,000 |
| New Zealand Stand Up Paddling Inc Bill Dawes paddlecompany@gmail.com |
SUP Safe Campaign targeted at stand up paddle boarders to increase safety behaviours. It addresses safety knowledge gaps around lifejackets/PFD’s, communications equipment and paddling in unfamiliar locations among other topics. |
$30,000 |
| New Zealand Underwater Association Andrea Macfarlane andrea@nzua.org.nz |
NZUA ‘Survive the Dive’ RDASS Certificate (Recreational Dive Activity Skipper/Supervisor Certificate) The NZUA ‘Survive the Dive’ RDASS certificate is a free online training/refresher program teaching, quizzing and examining participants on the safe supervision of divers in the water plus the basic skippering skills required to support recreational dive activities. The program is specifically tailored to the needs of the typical New Zealand recreational boat skipper engaged in diving activities with groups of friends or family. |
$16,500 |
| Northland Regional Council Peter Thomas petert@nrc.govt.nz Jalissa Karena-Lange jalissak@nrc.govt.nz |
“Nobody’s stronger than Tangaroa” Continuation of existing programme that was formerly called “Be a safe boatie mate”. The campaign aims to address the lack of skipper knowledge and responsibility, failure to wear life jackets/compliance, speed and wake and addressing alcohol use on the water. |
$70,000 |
| Taranaki Regional Council Tony Parr tony.parr@trc.govt.nz |
Know Before You Go Continuation of an existing programme of interaction with the recreational boating public over the summer period. Programme includes distribution of a local ‘quick reference guide’ (‘Know Before You Go’) for recreational boats and watercraft in Port Taranaki and its approaches. Ngamotu Beach and Port ramp venues. The Harbourmaster has recently acquired a vessel which will allow programme to be taken up on the water. |
$10,400 |
| Tasman District Council Dan Cairney harbourmaster@tasman.govt.nz |
Increasing on water Harbourmaster hours for the Tasman District Council On water patrol hours in high use recreational boating areas of the Abel Tasman National Park and the Nelson Lakes National Park plus delivering a “Guide to Boating and Water Sports” brochure to their 18 regional boat ramps |
$15,000 |
| Waikato Regional Council Irene Maton irene.maton@waikatoregion.govt.nz |
Operation Neptune 2021-2022 On-water education and enforcement in high risk / high volume boating areas |
$15,000 |
| Waka Ama New Zealand Lara Collins lara@wakaama.co.nz |
Safer Waka Ama Delivery of online safety workshops. The course is available to all waka ama paddlers who are affiliated to a Waka Ama NZ club. There are 90 clubs from Kaitaia in the north to Invercargill in the South. This course is also available to non-affiliated paddlers, which does include schools, outside organisations such as marae and iwi. |
$18,000 |
| Watersafe Auckland Inc (Drowning Prevention Auckland) Nicola Keen-Biggelaar nicola@dpanz.org.nz |
WaiWise for the Pasifika community This programme will provide specific drowning prevention education to the Pacific Island community with an emphasis on safer boating within the Auckland region |
$8,702 |
| Watersafe Auckland Inc (Drowning Prevention Auckland) Nicola Keen-Biggelaar nicola@dpanz.org.nz |
Lifejacket hubs and lifejacket loan scheme for drowning prevention education Drowning Prevention Auckland, in partnership with local boat clubs, surf club, community and church organisations, will provide hubs where people can access lifejackets. |
$40,000 |
| Yachting NZ Raynor Haagh raynor@yachtingnz.org.nz |
Yachting New Zealand’s new schools programme Kōkōkaha (powered by the wind) A training programme that provides a unique opportunity for children aged 8 to 14 years to experience the thrills and spills of sailing while building confidence, encouraging independence, teaching tolerance and teamwork as well as engaging them in our marine environment and promoting water safety. |
$25,000 |
| $740,871.00 |
