- New Zealand needs to require boats to be registered, and we need minimum standards for boat design and construction, and we need to assess skippers for minimum standards of knowledge and boat handling.
- To accept the status quo is to accept the current rate of 15-20 deaths a year.
- Education campaigns encourage safer boating are good but not enough; they don’t reach all skippers and listening is optional
These were the Key points to come out of a Transport Accident investigation following the capsizing of a vessel at the Manukau Harbour Bar crossing.
The full report can be read by going to www.taic.org.nz/inquiry/mo-2021-204