Presenters Friday
Friday 27 November
Ethnicity from 1.45pm
Daniel Gerrard
Centralised Delivery Of Outreach Initiatives Of A Diverse Community
Daniel Gerrard – CEO, Sport Gisborne
Sport Gisborne services a diverse community, located within a unique geographic region. Its relatively broad population distribution makes education challenging. To ensure the community receives the best possible level of service, Sport Gisborne uses a centralised model to deliver health, physical activity and sport initiatives into the community. This presentation will outline the model used and share the successes achieved.
Matene Love
Maori Water Safety – A Community Development Model
Matene Love
For some years Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has identified Maori as one of New Zealand's worst 'high risk' groups. Maori drownings across all categories are disproportionate to other groups in New Zealand. To address this problem, WSNZ developed a programme specifically targeted at changing the behaviour of Maori around water using proven 'Maori friendly' delivery models.
"Kia Maanu, Kia Ora", the Maori Water Safety Campaign was launched by the Minister of Maori Affairs at the Beehive in 2003. The initial focus of the campaign was to create an awareness of the problem within Maori communities and highlight the seriousness of the problem to mainstream New Zealand. A part time manager was given the task of liaising with Maori communities to set up water safety programmes within regions of high Maori population. However, the campaign's success meant more 'on the ground' staff were needed to help set up of community programmes.
In response to this call, WSNZ recently changed its focus from being a service deliverer of Maori programmes to being a trainer of trainers. It is Water Safety New Zealand's belief that Maori communities need to be empowered to take responsibility for delivering regionally based programmes and water safety messages to their own whanau/hapu/iwi/communities.
Partnerships from 1.45pm
Pip Savage, Roger Scott and John Thomas
Regional Water Safety – The Community Approach
Pip Savage, Roger Scott and John Thomas – Water Safety New Zealand
Three Water Safety New Zealand Regional Managers manage and oversee 17 Regional Water Safety Plans throughout the country. These plans are designed to lead and develop regional-specific water safety education initiatives to reduce the incidence of drowning in New Zealand. The plans coordinate regional initiatives ensuring they align with Water Safety New Zealand's Strategic Plan and Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)'s Drowning Prevention Strategy.
The plans are living, evolving documents that include community and stakeholder involvement. They have been developed using a forum process to:
1. Identify and meet the needs of the region
2. Develop water safety programmes that are specifically designed for the region
3. Bring together members of the community who are interested in water safety to share ideas and resources
4. Market water safety programmes, activities and resources to schools and the community at large
Thus far the outcomes arising from the plans have seen increased education in the areas of boating safety, swim and survive, professional development for school teachers in river safety, increased flow of communication to rural areas and online resources. This presentation will take you through the plans' development and implementation.
Sue Tucker
Boating Safety Partnerships With Regional Councils
Sue Tucker – Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato Navigation Safety and Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) have formed a partnership to promote boating safety to the wider communities within the Waikato and beyond (including North Island regional councils). This partnership enables Environment Waikato Navigation Safety to co-ordinate education campaigns which can be delivered at boat shows, special events and boat ramp education days. This presentation features the progress which has been made during the past three years, with education now an integral part of the region's boat shows.
General Interest from 1.45pm
Alexander Brunt
Collaborative Approach To Drowning Data Capture Methods And Its Usage
Alexander Brunt, – Advisor – Policy & Planning, Water Safety New Zealand
DrownBase™ is the official New Zealand drowning database and is updated weekly. It was developed in 1990 and contains records of all drownings in New Zealand since 1980. DrownBase™ records all drownings and categorises them in a variety of ways. This statistical information allows analysis on many criteria including: the drowning environment, location, activity, gender, ethnicity, alcohol involvement, rescue attempts, resuscitation attempts, buoyancy, age, etc.
DrownBase™ protocols involve notification of drowning records from the New Zealand Police, verification of all drowning related deaths with the Coronial Services of New Zealand and the New Zealand Health Information Services (NZHIS) – a group within the Ministry of Health responsible for the collection and dissemination of health-related information. DrownBase™ includes hospitalisation data captured by NZHIS on respiratory impairment through water immersion. This information enables targeted, focused water safety education, promotion and publications including the Annual Drowning Report, Regional Drowning Reports and Drowning Factsheets. It also forms the basis of water safety related research and policy submissions. This presentation explores the importance of the collaborative approach to drowning data capture in New Zealand, its facilitation, the challenges of incorporating hospitalisation data into a pre existing database for fatalities and how DrownBase™ data is used in many ways.
Eddie Foo
Water Safety Efforts for Public Aquatic Facilities in Singapore
Eddie Foo – Senior Manager, Sports Safety Division, Singapore Sports Council
The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) manages more than a hundred sports facilities all over the island state. Out of these, 24 of them are aquatic facilities, ranging from conventional-types to play featured pools.
In this presentation, Eddie will be touching on the transformation of Singapore's public aquatic facilities and detailing the water safety efforts that are in place.
SSC's water safety efforts focus on people, equipment, environment and processes and are achieved through education and outreach, capability building, continuous engagement and surveillance initiatives.
These efforts are succinctly reflected in the Sports Safety Division's tagline – Think Safe, Play Safe, Stay Safe.