Matt Claridge
How You Drink Impacts You and Your Children
PARENTS: MIND YOUR DRINKING DURING LOCKDOWN How You Drink Impacts You and Your Children. Audio
Alcohol and peer pressure
It all starts off with theatrical workshops and isn't looking to overwhelm students with a hard line message. It's part of the ongoing responsible drinking programme the Tomorrow Project and Matt… Audio
New chatbot offers cautious reminders from your sober self
Most of us know what it's like to suffer the consequences of less-than-wise choices made the night before – 'I should have eaten something' ... 'I should have left before the shots started'. The… Audio
School Pool Crisis - Matt Claridge
Water Safety New Zealand is all to aware of the problem - and is working with schools to try and keep pools open. The chief executive is Matt Claridge Audio
Disturbing increase in tally of NZers dying in the water
New Zealanders are drowning in numbers not seen in years. Audio
Concern over access to swimming lessons
It's been a sobering start to the year with 19 drowning deaths in January - which is 10 more than January last year. Water Safety New Zealand is currently renewing its strategy to decide where to… Audio
Is a backtrack underway on part of DoC restructure?
Robin McNeill is the president of Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, and the former chair of the Southland Conservation Board. Heather Rogan is the Convenor of the Fairy Tern Charitable Trust… Audio
Horror weekend in NZ waters
It's been a horror weekend on the water, with two people drowned and two others presumed to have drowned since Saturday. Audio
Mid-year drowning toll lowest in 30 years
The country's mid-year drowning toll is at its lowest since records began in 1980. Audio
Swimming pool law changes
A revamp of swimming pools safety laws will mean even portable and blow-up pools will need to fenced off by law. Audio
Christmas wishes include safer swimming
Water Safety New Zealand has a simple wish this Christmas, no drownings. Audio
Drowning statistics for 2011
Lynn talks with Matt Claridge from Water Safety New Zealand. Audio
Lifejackets for Polynesian fishermen
An Auckland community leader who is making custom fitted floatation vests for Polynesian fisherman says concern from water safety officials is bureaucratic nonsense. Audio
Pre-schoolers drown at fastest rate in 14 years
Young children are drowning at the fastest rate in 14 years. Audio
Will pools to schools help lower the drowning rate?
Bob Harvey represents the Aquatic Education New Zealand Trust, which is developing the pools to schools initiative, and Matt Claridge is the general manager of Water Safety NZ. Audio
Six preschoolers drown in first six weeks of 2011
Just six weeks into the new year and already six pre-schoolers have drowned - equal to the total number of pre-school drownings for the whole of last year. Audio
Canyoning research underway
Research has begun into the adventure sport of canyoning, to see if industry-wide standards or qualifications for guides need to be set in place. Audio
The demise of the school swimming pool
Wellington City Council Manager of Recreation and Sport Facility Development, Jamie Delich and General Manager of Water Safety New Zealand, Matt Claridge discuss the issue. Audio
October drowning stats - recreational incidents rise
Water Safety New Zealand says 14 of the 15 people who drowned in October were men - and boats were a factor in nearly half the deaths. Audio
Water safety
Statistics show that eight people drowned last month, bringing the death toll for the 2008/2009 summer to 39. Audio