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Wading safety brochure

Published:

June 2005

This brochure provides hints and tips about keeping safe on our rivers.

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Wading safely brochure (PDF, 277K)

Summary

This brochure is intended to help you keep safe in our bouldery rivers. It contains a few easy to follow hints about how to prepare, as well as what to do if you do slip and fall into a river. Essential for anyone starting out into trout fishing.

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Contact

Taupo-nui-a-Tia Area Office
Phone: +64 7 384 7106
Fax: +64 7 386 7086
Email: tnat@doc.govt.nz
Address: Turanga Place
Turangi 3334
Postal Address: Private Bag 2
Turangi 3353

Learn more

Where can I go fishing?

Stop the spread of didymo
Check, Clean, Dry
all items before entering, and when moving between, waterways.

Safety

Follow the Outdoor Safety Code:
1. Plan your trip
2. Tell someone
3. Be aware of the weather
4. Know your limits
5. Take sufficient supplies

Contacts

Authors and others wanting to use DOC recreation information in publications should contact recreation@doc.govt.nz

Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai