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SLSNR Weekend Patrol Statistics 18-19 December 2021
Monday, 20 December 2021, 12:29 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Activity Summary This weekend Surf Life Saving Northern Region lifeguards carried out eight rescues at Bethells and Uretiti beach including after-hours rescue incidents at Raglan and Muriwai beach. Three searches were also conducted at Raglan and Uretiti ... More >>
Coastal Awareness Training Needed To Address One Of The Deadliest Recreational Pursuits In NZ: Rock-based Fishing
Monday, 20 December 2021, 11:11 am | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The West Coast Rock-based Fisher Safety Project will conduct coastal awareness training this week to educate safety advisors to aquatic recreationalists on the best practise for safe rock-based fishing. Rock fishing continues to be one of New Zealand’s ... More >>
Surf Life Saving Northern Region - Summary Of Weekend's Activity
Monday, 13 December 2021, 11:08 am | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The weekend of Saturday 11 December and Sunday 12 December was relatively uneventful for Surf Life Saving Northern Region, particularly the Sunday which was affected by the rainy weather. Summary – Saturday 11 December At Piha, a bodysurfer hit ... More >>
Weekday Patrols To Start Earlier
Friday, 26 November 2021, 11:52 am | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
A spate of drownings and near-misses has prompted Surf Life Saving Northern Region to pull forward weekday patrols on several key beaches. Three people have died and sixty-two others have been rescued in just over a week, running the region’s volunteer ... More >>
One Dead, Nine Rescued In Hectic Afternoon For Surf Lifeguards At Kariaotahi And Sunset Beaches
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 8:09 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
A person has died at Kariaotahi Beach on Auckland’s south-western coast this afternoon after getting swept out in a rip. Surf Life Saving’s Operations Centre SurfCom was notified around 4:45pm of two people in trouble in the water. The Kariaotahi ... More >>
Successful Resuscitation At Auckland’s Karekare Beach Rounds Out Manic Weekend For Surf Life Saving’s Northern Beaches
Monday, 22 November 2021, 6:59 am | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
A person has been airlifted to hospital this evening after being resuscitated by off-duty lifeguards at Karekare Beach on Auckland’s west coast. Surf Life Saving’s operations centre SurfCom was alerted to two people struggling in the water just ... More >>
Busy Day At The Beaches
Sunday, 21 November 2021, 5:23 am | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
20 November A whopping 46 rescues were performed today by lifeguards around the Northern Region. Muriwai completed 19 rescues, 13 of these were in one mass rescue after a couple of rips suddenly opened up while they had several hundred ... More >>
Summer On The Beach - But Not As We Know It!
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 3:17 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The lifeguarding season at most of New Zealand’s patrolled beaches will begin this Labour Weekend, and COVID-19 restrictions mean patrols will return to the beach in a very different manner, says Surf Life Saving Northern Region CEO Matt Williams. ... More >>
Lifejacket And Angel Ring Saved Fisher’s Life After Being Swept Off Rocks In West Auckland – Surf Lifeguards
Friday, 8 October 2021, 4:57 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
O'Neill's Fisher Incident on October 8, 2021. Bethells SAR pack up post Incident. An ill-fitting lifejacket and an angel ring thrown by a member of the public saved the life of a fisherman swept off the rocks at O’Neill’s Bay, near Bethells Beach, ... More >>
Auckland Surf Lifeguards Warn Of Dangers On Coastline As Beachgoers Given Green-light To Travel From Tomorrow
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 2:09 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Surf Life Saving Northern Region is urging Aucklanders to take water-safety precautions and avoid heading to the Region’s west coast beaches. The Government announced yesterday that from Wednesday (11:59pm tonight) Aucklanders will be able to travel ... More >>
Elderly woman 11th person to be rescued by surf lifeguards
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 4:58 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
A 70-year-old woman from Kumeu is the eleventh person to be rescued from their homes by Surf Life Saving Search and Rescue (SAR) squads today. Lifeguards from the Mairangi Bay SLSC SAR Squad carefully navigated the challenging floodwaters, which contained ... More >>
Lifeguards rescue flood victims in Kumeu
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 12:28 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Lifeguards from two Surf Life Saving Northern Region clubs have been mobilised to rescue a number of residents trapped by flood waters in West Auckland. More >>
United North Piha Club Takes Out Top Award At Northern Surf Awards
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:53 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) was named Yamaha club of The Year top club at the 2021 Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) Toyota Financial Services Awards of Excellence on the weekend (subs: Saturday 17 July). The west coast Auckland ... More >>
'HELP' Surfer Save Wins Northern Region Rescue Of Year
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:51 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The rescue of a badly injured surfer off a remote beach near Karekare has won Rescue of the Year at Surf Life Saving Northern Region’s annual Awards of Excellence in Auckland on Saturday (subs: 17 July). The Award was presented jointly to United North ... More >>
Coast Watch Initiative Wins Surf Innovation Award
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:49 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
A community network looking out for issues in the surf along Bream Bay has won the Surf Life Saving Northern Region’s 2021 Innovation Award. The Award was announced at the SLSNR Awards of Excellence in Auckland on 17 July. Waipū Cove Surf Life Saving ... More >>
Mairangi Bay Duo Win Top Surf Sports Award
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:47 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Mairangi Bay lifeguards Steve Kent and Danielle Mckenzie have taken out the top sportspeople awards at the Surf Life Saving Northern Region’s annual Awards of Excellence. The Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year titles were announced at the ... More >>
Northern Region Lifeguards Awards Of Excellence Back
Monday, 17 May 2021, 5:20 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) will be honouring its best and bravest again this July. After COVID-19 forced an online, truncated Awards of Excellence last year, a return to relative normality is welcome, says SLSNR CEO Matt Williams. ... More >>
Northern Region Lifeguards Awards Of Excellence Back
Monday, 17 May 2021, 1:45 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) will be honouring its best and bravest again this July. After COVID-19 forced an online, truncated Awards of Excellence last year, a return to relative normality is welcome, says SLSNR CEO Matt Williams. ... More >>
Season-end For Surf Lifesaving Patrols In The Northern Region
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 1:20 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
A final round of patrols by Bethell’s Beach lifeguards this weekend (10 & 11 April) marked the end of the patrol season by Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) lifeguards for the 2020/2021 season. Patrols for the rest of the Region’s ... More >>
Auckland Surf Lifeguards Wrap Up Weekday Patrols And Reflect On Busy Season
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 4:22 pm | Surf Life Saving Northern Region
Weekday patrols are wrapping up on Friday at two of Auckland’s busiest and most dangerous beaches. Surf lifeguards at Muriwai and Piha are the final locations to finish weekday patrols, which started in the first week of December. Weekend patrols ... More >>
