Volume XLII | No. 50 | 16th December 2020
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OLD4NEW LIFEJACKET UPGRADE BACK FOR SUMMER
Latest figures from Maritime New Zealand show that the campaign is more relevant than ever, with 1.7 Make sure your family stays safe on the water this million Kiwi’s; almost 45% of the adult population, now summer! Coastguard’s Old4New Lifejacket out on the water and using an increasingly diverse array Upgrade campaign is back and is travelling to of water crafts. more locations than ever before. Each year Old4New Community Ambassador, Sue The Old4New campaign is one of Coastguard’s leading Tucker sees lifejackets in varying conditions being water safety initiatives, giving Kiwis the opportunity to traded in. trade in their old lifejackets for a great discount on a “We keep seeing lifejackets that are 40 to 50 years old, if range of new, fit-for-purpose Hutchwilco lifejackets. not older. Some lifejackets that were considered safe This year two vans will be travelling from the far North decades ago are now dangerous; for example, if one of to the deep South, heading to 63 key community hubs the old kapok-filled lifejackets gets punctured, it can get across the country, including locations in Central Otago: waterlogged and becomes no better than a wet pillow Sunday 3 January, 12.00 - 5.00pm around your neck.” Cromwell Town Centre Over the past seven years, more than 15,000 boaties Fruit Bowl Reserve, SH 8B have traded in their old, damaged, worn or outgrown Written by: Mike Buddle
Monday 4 January, 10.00am - 2.00pm Coastguard Queenstown Sugar Lane, Frankton
Tuesday 5 January, 9.00am - 12.00pm Lake Hawea Community Centre 28 Myra Street, Lake Hawea
For more locations, check out www.old4new.nz
lifejackets for discounts on brand new, modern Hutchwilco lifejackets. Meaning over 15,000 Kiwis are now safer on the water.
For more information and a full location schedule visit www.old4new.nz or contact Coastguard on 0800 BOATIE (262 843).
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