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Remembering Lives Lost - Dawn Service To Commemorate World Drowning Prevention Day
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 10:52 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
The lives of those lost along New Zealand’s coastline will be remembered at a special dawn service on World Drowning Prevention Day. Organised by Drowning Prevention Auckland and supported by Te Ahiwaru Trust, the service, on 25 July, will acknowledge ... More >>
Surf Life Saving New Zealand Names Team For New Trans-Tasman Event
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 9:38 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has named the following Junior Black Fins team and New Zealand Pathway team for the inaugural Battle of the Tasman, which will be held on the Gold Coast, Australia from 24-27 August. The 12-strong teams of athletes ... More >>
New Data Reveals Surfing Community’s Heroic Efforts In Saving Lives On New Zealand Beaches
Monday, 29 May 2023, 10:37 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
New data has highlighted the crucial role surfer’s play in conducting bystander rescues. This research, the first of its kind in New Zealand, brings to light an astonishing reality that has remained unspoken and unreported until now. The study, ... More >>
bp Leaders For Life Participants Announced For 2023-2024 Programme
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 12:18 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is delighted to announce the next intake of participants for the prestigious leadership development programme, bp Leaders for Life. Fifteen of SLSNZ’s up-and-coming leaders will join this esteemed programme. ... More >>
Surf Life Saving Northern Region Says Search And Rescue Squads On Standby For Flood-related Support And Rescues
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 4:36 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) says that volunteer Search & Rescue (SAR) squads from clubs across the region will remain on standby as inclement weather brings significant flooding to some areas, with anticipated rain expected to worsen ... More >>
Surf Lifeguards Descend On Waihi For Two Days Of Action-packed Racing
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 9:58 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Lifeguards from around New Zealand and across the Tasman are gearing up for a weekend of intense action and high-stakes racing at the bp New Zealand IRB Championships at Waihi Beach. 122 crews from 30 clubs, including one from Australia, will put their ... More >>
New Zealand Ironwoman Eyes Up Australian Ironwoman Crown
Friday, 31 March 2023, 8:15 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
New Zealand's Ironwoman Danielle McKenzie is aiming to make history this weekend as she competes in the Australian Ironwoman finals. On Sunday, McKenzie, who works as a surf lifeguard at Northcliffe in Queensland, will face off against 15 other ... More >>
Four People Rescued In Dangerous Conditions Off Spencer Park Beach
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 11:02 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
bp Rescue of the Month – February 2023 <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/10331fcbe917862f78e1.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Spencer Park Surf Life Saving Club have won recognition for a rescue undertaken on Sunday, 26 February, taking ... More >>
Surf Lifeguards Incredible Cyclone Gabrielle Response Recognised By Bp
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:30 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
When Cyclone Gabrielle struck early on Tuesday, 14 February 2023, the Hawke’s Bay Search and Rescue (SAR) Squad responded by heading to the Esk Valley and rescuing many people trapped by floodwaters. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/f34dfd90ee96527fed92.jpeg" ... More >>
Foxton Surf Lifeguards Receive Recognition For Saving A Family Of Four
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:25 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Foxton Surf Life Saving Club have won recognition for a rescue undertaken on Sunday, 5 February, taking out second place in the bp Rescue of the Month. That afternoon, a number of young Foxton Surf Life Saving Club Surf Lifeguards had their skills tested ... More >>
TSB New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships At New Brighton A Huge Success
Monday, 13 March 2023, 11:19 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) says this year’s TSB New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships held on Christchurch’s New Brighton beach from Thursday, 9 March to Sunday, 12 March was an incredibly successful carnival, and it was fantastic to ... More >>
New Zealand’s Best Surf Lifesaving Athletes To Compete At New Brighton Beach In The TSB Surf Lifesaving Championships
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 9:28 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
New Zealand’s best surf lifesaving athletes will compete in this year’s TSB New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships on Christchurch’s New Brighton beach from Thursday, 9 March, to Sunday, 12 March. Known as the TSB Nationals, this event ... More >>
TSB New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships Return To New Brighton Beach
Friday, 3 March 2023, 10:46 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
More than 1,200 Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) members will take part in this year’s TSB New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships on Christchurch’s New Brighton beach from Thursday, 9 March through to Sunday, 12 March. The TSB New Zealand Surf ... More >>
Oceans ’23 Junior Lifesaving Event A Huge Success
Monday, 27 February 2023, 10:43 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
The Oceans ’23 Junior Surf Lifesaving Festival held at Mt Maunganui over the past four days was a huge success, according to Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ). With the county under a state of national emergency, SLSNZ had considered cancelling ... More >>
Oceans ’23 Junior Life Savers Event To Go Ahead In Tauranga
Monday, 20 February 2023, 12:04 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has confirmed that its Oceans ’23 Festival of Junior Surf Lifesaving event scheduled to take place on Mt Maunganui’s main beach in Tauranga from 23-26 February will go ahead. SLSNZ Chief Executive Paul Dalton ... More >>
Raglan Surf Life Saving Club Lifeguards Take Out Second Place In The Bp Rescue Of The Month
Friday, 17 February 2023, 11:27 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
bp Rescue of the Month – January 2023 On Saturday, 21 January, Surf Lifeguards from the Raglan Surf Life Saving Club were preparing for large numbers of people coming to the beach for the SoundSplash music festival, which was going to take place ... More >>
Kariaotahi Awarded Third Place In Bp Rescue Of The Month For A Quick-response Rescue That Saved Four Lives
Friday, 17 February 2023, 10:35 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
bp Rescue of the Month – January 2023 On Monday, 23 January, Kariaotahi Surf Life Saving Club's Surf Lifeguards were kept busy for the ninth week of weekday summer beach patrols. Kariaotahi beach was experiencing low king tides, resulting in exposed ... More >>
Mairangi Bay Surf Life Saving Club Take First Place In BP Rescue Of The Month For Rescuing 69 On Auckland’s North Shore
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 3:24 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
On Friday, 27 January, most of the upper North Island experienced an unprecedented weather bomb causing catastrophic flooding in the Auckland area, particularly on Auckland’s North Shore. As a result of the flooding, Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving ... More >>
Surf Life Saving Northern Region Continues Work To Support Those Affected By Cyclone
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 8:04 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Lifeguards in Northland and Auckland have been kept busy overnight assisting their local communities, which have been severely impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. That’s despite several Surf Life Saving Clubs in the Northern Region receiving ... More >>
Beachgoers Urged To Stay Away From Mangawhai Heads Beach After Flood Damage Affects Ability To Conduct Patrols
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 11:04 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Following the significant rainfall over the last week, a large section of the hillside behind the Mangawhai Heads Volunteer Lifeguard Service club building has subsided, causing significant damage to the back wall of the club. The club and surrounding ... More >>
