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December
- Support those bravely serving between the flags
- North Beach and Muriwai set the bar after Round One of NZ Surf Boat Series
- Titahi Bay Classic kicks off NZ Surf Boat Series
- Surf Life Saving joins global celebration of volunteers
- Otaki Lifeguard named top candidate at National Lifeguard School
- Whangamata Classic grows to two-day event
- Infinity Foundation grant sees three Rescue Water Craft added to Surf Life Saving operations
- Capital Coast rallies together to deliver Foxton patrols
- Whakatane to welcome 400 junior surf athletes
- Technology trial shows rips dont work the way we thought
- High performance funding increase for NZ Black Fins
- Christmas wishes from the team at SLSNZ
- Surf Life Saving nominated for 54th Halberg Awards
- BP Rescue of the Month winners - November 2016
- Omanu retains BOP Junior Surf title
- Eastern Region gears up for regional champs
- Surf Lifeguards brace for busy spell
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November
- NZ Surf Boat Crews selected for Trans-Tasman Challenge
- TSB Bank and Surf Life Saving announce new major partnership
- 2016 National Lifeguard School participants announced
- Milestone for Mount surf club’s new build
- NZ coaches to help deliver sport workshop in Thailand
- Change to BP Rescue of the Month format
- Four Zespri scholarships awarded for National Lifeguard School
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October
- Mount lead after first day of 2016 national pool champs
- Record entries for fourteenth annual NZ Pool Champs
- Records smashed on second day of pool champs
- World and national records broken at fourteenth annual pool champs
- Call for zero beach drownings this summer
- SLSNZ and Emsisoft team up for ultimate surf protection
- A message from the Governor General
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September
- Black Fins and Junior Black Fins together in Eindhoven
- Tsunami warning for East Cape
- Black Fins rearing to go
- Reigning world champs have solid start to Rescue 2016
- Black Fins take the lead after strong day in the pool
- Four NZ records and a pool championship trophy for Black Fins at halfway mark
- Gold rush on the beach as Black Fins close in on world title
- Black Fins claimed Lifesaving World Champions for third time
- 2016 Awards of Excellence finalists announced
- Sam Lee puts on single best world champs performance by any Kiwi athlete
- 2016 service award recipients announced
- Surf Life Saving New Zealand Board appointments for 2016/17
- Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence winners announced
- Nine new inductees to Sports Hall of Fame
- Applications open for 2016 National Lifeguard School
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August
- Final team camp for Black Fins ahead of Rescue 2016
- Major funding boost to benefit surf lifesaving capability in New Zealand
- New partnership for Surf Life Saving and EBOS Sport
- Thrifty car auction aims to keep volunteer lifeguards on patrol
- Mount Maunganui to defend Eastern Region Pool Champs title
- Mount Maunganui defends Eastern Region Pool Champs title
- Hutchwilco becomes an official sponsor of Surf Life Saving New Zealand
- Zespri scholarship recipients grateful for BP Leaders for Life experience
- Final hit out for New Zealand Black Fins ahead of Rescue 2016
- Surf Life Saving to participate in Include a Charity week
- Kiwi teams ready for Rescue 2016
- Black Fins five days out from competition
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July
- Fighting Kiwi team take Sanyo Cup silver
- Kiwis off to great start at 2016 Sanyo Cup
- 2016 Gisborne Awards of Excellence winners
- Team camp set to test Black Fins ahead of Rescue 2016
- 2016 Taranaki Awards of Excellence winners announced
- New partnership with Frucor
- Black Fins make their mark at Queensland Pool Champs
- Huge junior field expected at Southern Region Pool Champs
- Preparations on track for Black Fins after second team camp
- St Clair claim Southern Region Pool Champs title
- Orewa set to host Oceans 18
- Bay of Plenty and Coromandel lifeguards honoured at awards ceremony
- Stress fracture rules Sefton out of Junior Black Fins
- Team camp sees Junior Black Fins on track for Rescue 2016
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June
- Proud to have The Colonel's backing for another two years
- 2015-16 season BP Rescue of the Month winners
- Northern Region award finalists named
- 2016 Zespri Gisborne Tairāwhiti Awards of Excellence finalists
- Hamish Miller to lead Junior Black Fins to Rescue 2016
- Canterbury award finalists named
- Canterbury heroes recognised at lifesaving awards (1)
- Zespri supports Eastern Region candidates for 2016 BP Leaders for Life
- Sanyo Cup team set sights on gold
- 2016 Bay of Plenty and Coromandel award finalists named
- Lifeguards' efforts celebrated during National Volunteer Week
- Win a National Volunteer Week prize pack
- 2016 Northern Region award winners
- 2016 Taranaki Awards of Excellence finalists named
- Northern Region Awards of Excellence finalists named
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May
- Mairangi Bay takes out IRB Long Haul title by two seconds
- Bigger and better IRB Long Haul event back for its fourth year
- New team doctor appointed for New Zealand Black Fins
- 2016 Capital Coast Awards of Excellence finalists named
- 2016 Hawkes Bay Awards of Excellence finalists named
- Wood Group Training partners with Surf Life Saving New Zealand
- 2016 Capital Coast Awards of Excellence winners
- Notice of 2016 SLSNZ Annual General Meeting
- BP Rescue of the Month winners - April 2016
- Junior Black Fins to gather for first team camp
- Hawkes Bay Awards of Excellence winners named
- 2016 BP Leaders for Life candidates announced
- Lifeguards honoured at prestigious New Zealand Search and Rescue Council Awards
- Cochrane named as team captain for 2016 Sanyo Cup
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April
- 300 athletes battle in Surf Life Saving New Zealand event finale
- Athletes power through tough conditions at BP Surf Rescue Championships
- New Zealand Junior Black Fins announced
- Over 100 Kiwis to take part in 2016 Aussie champs
- New partnership with Reckitt Benckiser
- Outward Bound scholarship recipients selected for 2016
- BP Rescue of the Month winners - March 2016
- 2016 Otago-Southland Awards of Excellence finalists named
- Rescue on Tairua bar wins national surf lifesaving award
- Black Fins to be named at team camp
- Kiwis on the Aussie medal table
- 2016 Otago-Southland Awards of Excellence winners
- Black Fins team named for Rescue 2016
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March
- Youngsters take on big swells at Under 14 Surf Life Saving Championships
- Nearly 900 junior athletes set to take on Oceans 16
- Competition heats up at U14 Surf Life Saving Championship
- Oceans 16 results
- New leaders emerge in Under 14 Surf Life Saving Championships
- Local crew defends Under 14 Surf Life Saving Championship title
- Eastern Bay Energy Trust supports 2016 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships
- Nelson wins a brand new IRB from BP
- DHL Safer Beaches winners announced
- Warrington set to host 2016 BP Surf Rescue South Island Champs
- Surf Life Saving backs Under Armour Rule Yourself campaign
- St Clair retains South Island IRB title
- Over 1400 athletes set to take on 2016 national champs
- Eastern Bay Energy Trust New Zealand Surf Life Saving Champs results
- Master athletes take on Ohope Beach
- National Surf Life Saving Championship battle closes up
- New Zealand Development Coach appointment
- Athletes power through changing conditions at Surf Nationals
- Bay of Plenty continues Surf Life Saving Championship dominance
- BP Rescue of the Month winners - February 2016
- Surf Life Saving patrols to end at Easter
- High Performance squads named
- Mass rescue wins national surf lifesaving award
- Papamoa set to host national IRB champs
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February
- Northern Region comes out on top at provincial surf sports event
- Weekday patrols come to an end
- Muriwai surf boat team to represent New Zealand
- Testing conditions for Waihi surf boats
- BP IRB donation gives clubs the chance to win a new rescue boat
- DHL and Surf Life Saving to use the power of Emoji to deliver safer beaches this summer
- Waipu set to host first major IRB competition of the season
- Sunset Beach takes out North Island IRB Champs
- Oar Blacks to take on Trans-Tasman Surf Boat Challenge
- Zespri and SLSNZ Keeping Eastern beaches safe together
- BP Rescue of the Month winners - January 2016
- Routine training turns to rescue
- Oar Blacks miss out on Trans-Tasman surf boat title
- Comfort for North Beach heading into final Surf Boat challenge
- Patient resus at ocean swim wins national surf lifesaving award
- Action packed weekend for National Lifeguard School candidates
- South Brighton retain Southern Region Champs title
- North Beach and Piha take out Surf Boat Series
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January
- Surf boat crews overcome brutal conditions in Whangamata
- National surf teams announced for Trans-Tasman competition
- Piha member receives New Year Honour
- Holiday drowning toll up on five year average
- Call to question swimming ability before entering the surf
- BP Rescue of the Month winners- December 2015
- Lyall Bay claims Central Region Champs title
- Kiwi trio finish in fine form at Nutri Grain Series
- Surf Life Saving mourns one of its own
- King tide and large swells create dangerous conditions at the Mount
- High drowning toll for 2015
- Regional teams to battle it out for championship honours
- Regional teams selected for NZ Representative Challenges (1)
- East End takes inaugural Central Region Junior Champs title
- Rescue of heart attack victim wins national surf lifesaving award
News
Call for zero beach drownings this summer
Posted by Administrator on Tuesday, October 18, 2016A fun day out at the beach turned to tragedy for the 15 people last summer who drowned at unpatrolled beach locations.
Read more...World and national records broken at fourteenth annual pool champs
Posted by Administrator on Sunday, October 9, 2016Two new world records and 45 New Zealand records contributed to a hugely successful 14th annual pool championships that saw Mount Maunganui crowned top club overall.
Read more...Records smashed on second day of pool champs
Posted by Administrator on Saturday, October 8, 2016New Zealand records continued to be smashed on day two of the 2016 New Zealand Pool Championships in Auckland today.
Read more...Mount lead after first day of 2016 national pool champs
Posted by Administrator on Friday, October 7, 2016The 2016 New Zealand Pool Championships started off strong today with a total of 24 New Zealand records broken on the first day of the championships.
Read more...Record entries for fourteenth annual NZ Pool Champs
Posted by Administrator on Tuesday, October 4, 2016A record 603 competitors are set to take on the 2016 Surf Life Saving New Zealand Pool Championships this weekend with the annual event making a move to the Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre at AUT Millennium.
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