“MISSING After Boat Swamps,” “Man Lost in Cook Strait,” “Police Launch Saves Yacht,” “Six Good Kids Die​—And a Town Weeps,” “Man Rescued After 11 Hours in Water Without Lifejacket,” “Holiday Drowning Toll Is 14.”

Not only in this area, but in the whole of New Zealand, with its long coastlines and numerous rivers and lakes, the toll from drownings continues to rise, no fewer than 130 persons losing their lives in this way in 1975.