Surf Life Saving New Zealand Life Memberships are awarded to those members who have been active members for at least 25 years and who have provided exemplary service at a national level. Life Memberships are awarded at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand Awards of Excellence each year.
New Zealand's Life Members
Life members in alphabetical order:
* denotes Life Members who are deceased.
Last Name | First Name | Notes | Awarded |
Ames | Neale S | QSM | 1997 |
Anderson | William F (Bill) | * | 1983 |
Barry | Geoff N | 2013 | |
Bassett-Foss | Michael | 2022 | |
Beattie | Malcolm J | OBE | 1995 |
Benbrook | Colin R | * | 1993 |
Berge | Newell (Toby) St Clair | * | 1963 |
Black | Denis F | ONZM | 1988 |
Blakeley | Jack C | MBE* | 1966 |
Brinck | Joost | 2005 | |
Brown | Muriel G | MBE* | 1971 |
Bryant | John (Spindles) | 2014 | |
Cairns | Brian | * | 2001 |
Campbell | James (Jim) | MNZM* | 1994 |
Chapman | Frank H | * | 1948 |
Chapman | John | 2023 | |
Chapman | John Kendall | QSM* | 1980 |
Clarke | David | * | 2010 |
Clough | Johnny | 2022 | |
Clow | Warren P | 2010 | |
Coates | Alan | 2022 | |
Coe | James (Jim) | 2022 | |
Coleman | Eric Pickard | * | 1979 |
Constable | John H | * | 1994 |
Cooksley | Denis J | 2008 | |
Coira | Peter F A | * | 1947 |
Corkin | Trevor | 2011 | |
Crossan | Grant | 2012 | |
Cullen | Graeme | * | 2012 |
Curtice | Rodger | QSM | 2011 |
Cutler | Donald Guy | 2003 | |
Danks | Graeme G | 2009 | |
De Costa | Alan H | MBE* | 1983 |
Dennehy | Bartholomew M (Bart) | QSM* | 1976 |
Dickson | Harry D | * | 1961 |
Dickson | Robert H | 2003 | |
Doyle | Ross | 2015 | |
East | David | 2011 | |
Ellison | Pat | MBE* | 1980 |
Emett | David L | 2009 | |
Evans | Royce (Curly) | 2016 | |
Farey | H J Ken | OBE* | 1971 |
Ferguson | James (Jim) | * | 1985 |
Ferguson | Robert | 2010 | |
Fitzsimmons | Peter W | OBE | 1991 |
Franich | Wayne | 2015 | |
Fraser | Adam | 2024 | |
Gardner | Allan H | * | 1953 |
Garrett | Vaughan | * | 2012 |
Gerrie | William H | * | 1951 |
Gibbons | Peter | 2009 | |
Gillies | H Duke | MBE* | 1962 |
Given | Ian L | * | 1998 |
Glover | Richard W (Dick) | QSM | 1992 |
Gorely | William H (Bill) | * | 1988 |
Greenwood | Ian E | MNZM | 1991 |
Griffin | W V (Bill) | QSM* | 1950 |
Hall | Dennis (Rocky) | * | 2006 |
Harris | Dan E | QSM | 1995 |
Harvey | Sir Robert (Bob) | KNZM, QSO, JP | 1998 |
Haxton | Murray J | QSM* | 1982 |
Hodder | Russell A N | 2006 | |
Honnor | Ieuan John | OBE | 1992 |
Hook | John | 2010 | |
Hunter | James Donald (Don) | * | 1967 |
Ingram | Norman Albert | * | 1945 |
Jackson | Frederick Howard | * | 1964 |
Jago | Tim | 2011 | |
Jarman | Kent | MNZM | 2007 |
Johnston | Stephen | QSM | 2017 |
Jones | Colin Taylor | * | 1968 |
Jordain | Louis A | * | 1997 |
Kay | Noel | MNZM | 2005 |
Kemp | Murray | 2011 | |
Kilroy | Ivan L | * | 1989 |
Larsen | Alan M | * | 2007 |
Lean | David | QSO, JP* | 2005 |
Leask | Brett | 2017 | |
Lee | J Allen | MNZM* | 1987 |
Mace | Garry | * | 2011 |
Maclaine | Ian R | * | 2007 |
Malyon | Ross | QSM | 2004 |
Mason | Stanley Bruce | * | 1968 |
Mason | Wiliam J (Bill) | * | 1979 |
Matheson | Bruce | 2023 | |
Matheson | Graeme William | * | 2002 |
McAllister | Richard (Dick) | * | 2011 |
McCarthny | Herbert H (Bert) | * | 1987 |
McClurg | Greg J | 2010 | |
McFedries | Napier | QSM | 2010 |
McGregor | June | QSM* | 2009 |
McIvor | Bert J | * | 1958 |
McLay | Sheryl | 2023 | |
McLean | Barry F | QSM | 1986 |
Mentiplay | Cedric Raymond | * | 1974 |
Merrett | Ross | 2023 | |
Millar | Hubert Edgar (Eddie) | QSO* | 1978 |
Millar | Maurice H | * | 1981 |
Mitchell | Frederick L | QSM* | 1978 |
Mitchell | Ken W | * | 1988 |
Moffatt | Marilyn | MNZM | 2013 |
Moran | Dr Kevin | ONZM | 2023 |
Morrison | Grant Thomas | * | 2019 |
Morse | Kenneth C | * | 1973 |
Mundy | Allan | 2021 | |
Neilson | Gareth | 2018 | |
Newell | James | 2024 | |
Newton | Michelle | 2023 | |
Nodder | Neville | 2012 | |
O'Leary | Brad | 2024 | |
O'Neill | Cyril | QSM* | 1984 |
Pearce | Roy H | * | 1977 |
Perry | George Ernest | MBE* | 1973 |
Pontin | David | 2024 | |
Poppelwell | David B | QSM | 1990 |
Porter | John N | * | 2003 |
Price | David Charles | 2015 | |
Quirk | Brian | 2009 | |
Quirk | Carol | QSM | 2010 |
Reid | Neil H | MNZM | 1999 |
Reid | Patricia | 2013 | |
Restall | Mervyn B | MNZM* | 1992 |
Robertson | Murray | 2022 | |
Robinson | Ian | QSM | 2020 |
Rogers | Robert H (Bob) | * | 2006 |
Ross | Alexander Hugh | * | 1951 |
Rowson | Malcolm J | 2022 | |
Rudd | Brian J | MNZM, JP* | 1989 |
Ryan | Albert James | * | 1972 |
Ryan | F G (Paddy) | QSO* | 1959 |
Simonsen | Victor Charles | * | 1982 |
Smith | Mike | 2023 | |
Smith | Shaun | 2024 | |
Spooner | Ron A | * | 1978 |
Stack | Ronald | 2011 | |
Steffensen | Peter M | * | 1998 |
Sutherland | L Jim | * | 1960 |
Thomas | John D | MNZM | 1997 |
Thompson | Alan | 2008 | |
Thorpe | Peter | 2007 | |
Todd | Craig | 2024 | |
Trilford | Raymond Ellis (Ray) | * | 2007 |
Turner | Faron | 2024 | |
Turpin | Barry C J | QSM* | 1993 |
Urbahn | Joss | MNZM | 2022 |
Valentine | Ronald | 2014 | |
Varcoe | Edward R (Ted) | * | 2009 |
Veart | Albie | MBE, MC* | 1972 |
Velvin | Brian | MNZM | 1993 |
Velvin | Todd | 2021 | |
Vertongen | Basil P | QSM* | 1991 |
Wakelin | Jim T | MNZM | 1990 |
Walsh | Valda G | 2012 | |
Warner | Brent | 2015 | |
Warwick | Jim | 2019 | |
Waugh | Eoin Huntly | * | 2011 |
Weatherall | Colin | QSM | 2019 |
Weatherall | Mark | 2023 | |
Webber | Jonathan | 2024 | |
Whisker | John AR | * | 1965 |
Wilson | Ivan G | MBE MC* | 1976 |
Wilson | Murray | 2011 | |
Wilson | Wally | QSM | 2010 |