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 |
| Carlyon | Paul | 2025 | |
| 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 | |
| Fraser | Con | 2025 | |
| 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 |
| Hickey | David | 2025 | |
| 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 |
| McPhee | Seth | 2025 | |
| 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 |
| Pocock | Dick | * | 2025 |
| 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 | |
| Weatherall | Scott | 2025 | |
| Webber | Jonathan | 2024 | |
| Whisker | John AR | * | 1965 |
| Wilson | Ivan G | MBE MC* | 1976 |
| Wilson | Murray | 2011 | |
| Wilson | Wally | QSM | 2010 |