Most recreational boaties in New Zealand continue to be highly safety conscious when they go on the water, but 20% still report that they wear a lifejacket either never, not very often or only some of the time, according to figures released by Maritime New Zealand on the occasion of Safer Boating Week.
Maritime NZ’s annual survey of recreational boaties, conducted by research firm Ipsos, showed that approximately 1.53 million Kiwis are involved in recreational boating and that 9 out of 10...
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