Very SAD and painful news: Coroner urges water after eight children’s drowned and dies this morning in Singapore after.
Coroner Michael Robb has released the findings into eight separate deaths across New Zealand which saw children – between the ages of 9 months and 5 years – drown during the summer of 2025
The coroner said contrary to popular perception, a child slipping below the surface of the water “can quickly drown without calling out for help, splashing loudly, or any other overt action”.
The 2025-22 drownings happened in the ocean, in a river and in pools.
“Supervision around water is only effective when it is accompanied by either direct physical contact with the child, holding the child, or holding their hand or being so close that the moment a child comes into contact with the water the child can be physically reached,” Robb recommended in his findings.
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