Wearing a correctly fitted lifejacket increases your chance of survival if you end up in the water. If you don’t have a lifejacket, you can borrow one from a DPA Lifejacket Hub.
Our Lifejacket Hubs are a place where anyone can borrow lifejackets for themselves, their whānau, friends, school, organisation or community group. We partner with organisations across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (and beyond) to prevent drowning by making lifejackets available for anyone to use while they are out connecting with the water.
DPA Lifejacket Hubs is just one of our drowning prevention initiatives. We are a non-profit organisation and your generous donation towards our work will be gratefully received. Please gift a koha to support what we do.
DPA Lifejacket Hub Locations and Contacts
Bethells Beach Te Henga
Bethells Beach SLSC
Admin
211 Bethells Road, Waitakere, Auckland
[email protected]
Great Barrier S.E.A. 2
Mulberry Grove School
Ally
271 Shoal Road, Great Barrier
4290 475
[email protected]
Manukau
Manukau Cruising Club
Marie Vaughn
Orpheus Drive, Onehunga, Auckland
022 505 7189
[email protected]
Mt Albert
Belgravia Leisure Mt Albert
Papakura
Coastguard Papakura
Darren Stutter
Wellington Park, 1 Great South Road, Papakura
[email protected]
Waitākere
Sport Waitākere
Jamie Lane
545 Don Buck Road, Massey
Postal Address
[email protected]
021 149 7472
Westhaven
Drowning Prevention Auckland Office
When to wear a lifejacket
If you’re heading out for any of the following activities or situations, check that you have a correctly fitting lifejacket for everyone involved:
- Boating – powered or non-powered
- Rock-based fishing or other land-based fishing
- Personal watercraft – jet ski
- Craft – such as kayak, canoe, waka, stand up paddleboards, inflatables, dinghies
- Windsports – kiteboarding, windsurfing, wing foiling
- Wharfs and jetties
- Canyoning
- Working near water – construction, maintenance, surveying
- Floods and natural disasters
- Search and rescue operations
- Any time you want extra flotation in the water
Maritime New Zealand governs the rules regarding the use of lifejackets but local bylaw regulations may differ, so we recommend checking your Council website.
How to fit a lifejacket
Watch this video for instructions on how to correctly fit a lifejacket
Lifejacket Koha
There is no fixed charge to borrow a lifejacket from one of our Lifejacket Hubs. However, Drowning Prevention Auckland is a non-profit organisation and your generous donation towards our work will be gratefully received. Whether you’re borrowing a lifejacket or just want to support our mahi, please make your koha using the button below.