2023年,一名4岁女孩离开外祖父的视线游荡,在Tauranga公园喷泉中溺死,这促使安全升级,并要求不断进行监督。 A 4-year-old girl drowned in a Tauranga park fountain in 2023 after wandering from her grandfather’s sight, prompting safety upgrades and calls for constant supervision.

2023年5月21日, 四岁的Nia Lohchab在Tauranga公园喷泉中死亡, Four-year-old Nia Lohchab died in a Tauranga park fountain on May 21, 2023, after running from her grandfather’s sight and submerging face down in water up to 765mm deep. 闭路电视显示旁观者看到她无动于衷,但并未干预。 CCTV showed bystanders saw her motionless but did not intervene. 喷泉后来用新的安全标志和危险控制进行排水、围栅和重新设计,以消除水深。 The fountain was later drained, fenced, and redesigned to eliminate water depth, with new safety signs and hazard controls. Matthew Bates验尸官强调,幼童可以默默无声、无预警地淹死,强调需要在视线内或音响内进行持续、密切的监督,并建议的照顾者学习心肺复苏术。 Coroner Matthew Bates emphasized that young children can drown silently and without warning, stressing the need for constant, close supervision—within sight or sound—and recommended caregivers learn CPR. Nia的死亡是自1980年以来新西兰仅有的两起五岁以下喷泉溺水事件之一, 2015至2024年间有47名五岁以下溺水, Nia’s death is one of only two under-five fountain drownings in New Zealand since 1980, with 47 under-fives drowning between 2015 and 2024, most due to inadequate supervision. 新西兰目前建议对离水近至至少8岁的儿童进行“联系监督”。 Water Safety New Zealand now advises “contact supervision” for children near water until at least age 8.