Commemorative Dawn Service
Drowning Prevention Auckland are pleased to invite you to the third World Drowning Prevention Day dawn service - He Taonga Te Wai on 25 July.
We will gather at the Ngā Whare Waatea Marae in Māngere. This is a place where ancestors travelled to the city to start a new life and here we will remember the tragic loss of the lives of our loved ones to drowning. The hāpori at Ngā Whare Waatea Marae continue to watch over everyone who lives here and believe that every life should reach its full potential.
Please RSVP by 15 July and help us bring to light the impact of drowning in our communities, here in Tāmaki Makaurau, across Aotearoa and to our loved ones overseas.
Event format:
6.50 – 7.00 Arrival
7.00 – 7.45 Pōwhiri and dawn service
7.45 - 8.30 Breakfast
Please join us singing a waiata during the service.
Ahakoa ko wai te tangata, ahakoa nō hea te tangata, ka waatea te marae mo te katoa.
No matter who you are, no matter where you are from, this marae is available for you
