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December
- Home for Christmas
- Inflatable toys - keep them at home
- National Lifeguard School 2019
- NXT Level Sport & Health partnership
- National Lifeguard School Top Candidate
- TSB grants
- Teenagers save man after heart attack
- Mount Monster winners 2019
- Cayleen Bester at Mount Monster
- Live TV - caught in a rip
- Cory Taylor Nutri-Grain IronMan
- BP Rescue of the Month - Kariaotahi
- BP Rescue of the Month - Piha
- BP Rescue of the Month - Mangawhai Heads
- Inflatable boats and kayaks (1)
- Uretiti Beach
- Onemana Beach
- Help lifeguards stay afloat
- Chaz Gibbons-Campbell Whiritoa rescue
- Gaby Marshall
- Cost of gear
- Renae Samson - Muriwai
- Kiwi blokes
- Jimmy Kendrick
- How to spot a rip
- Freddie Mitchell
- Waihi Beach SLSC - costs
- Cape Saunders
- Otaki and Himitangi rescues
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November
- Te Waha Point
- Labour weekend wrap - check your gear
- ERC award nomination
- Four people rescued at St Kilda beach
- Vote the boat winner - 2019
- Junior lifeguards save lives
- Inflatable kayaks
- Marilyn Moffatt president
- 2019 National Lifeguard School Announcement
- Sunscreen update
- Presumed drowning at Whatipu
- ‘Flip’n Stay Safe This Summer’
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October
- ISRC - Junior Black Fins - Day 2
- ISRC - Black Fins Day 2
- ISRC - Junior Black Fins - Day 3
- ISRC Black Fins Day 3
- ISRC - final wrap
- Pool Rescue Championships the chance for athletes to show what they’ve got
- Orewa take out the Paul Kent and Masters Trophy for a second year in a row
- Seven surfers rescued at Raglan
- Wahine on Water earns award
- Restart a Heart Day
- NZ Water Safety Month
- 2019-2020 season starts
- Vote the Boat 2019
- TSB partnership continues
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September
- Wahine on Water goes national
- Surf Life Saving New Zealand announces finalists for its national Awards of Excellence 2019
- Surf Life Saving New Zealand announces winners in the 2019 Awards of Excellence
- SLSNZ Awards of Excellence - Lifeguard of the Year - James Lloyd
- Matt Warren leaves SLSNZ
- Rachelle Bright - Volunteer of the Year - Awards of Excellence
- Black Fins represent NZ at the ISRC
- Junior Black Fins Off To Golden Start on Day 1
- Swag of golds for Black Fins on Day 1
- August
- July
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June
- Taranaki Surf Life Saving NZ Awards of Excellence winners 2019
- Zespri Gisborne-Tairāwhiti Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence finalists announced
- Surf Life Saving NZ celebrates 700 people rescued, and marks Volunteer Week 2019 (1)
- Surf Life Saving NZ announces 2019/20 BP Leaders for Life class
- Celebrating our volunteers for National Volunteer Week: Peter Boyd, Ngati Porou Surf Life Saving Club founder
- SLSNZ & St John Partnership & Surf First Responder Courses
- Lifeguards pull three people from Bethells Beach rip, and help with badly broken ankle
- Lifeguards recognised for rescue at Pauanui beach
- BP Rescue of the Month: Mother, son, and two dogs pulled from a desperate situation in a rip, thanks to the quick response of Surf Life Saving NZ lifeguard
- National Volunteer Week profile: St Clair Surf Life Saving Club chairman Cam Burrow says there’s a place for everyone who wants to help save lives
- National Volunteer Week profile: Phoebe Havill, co-founder of Wahine on Water, encouraging women to train as inflatable rescue boat crew
- Kiwi lifeguards heading off for patrol on California beaches
- Finalists announced for the Zespri Bay of Plenty & Coromandel Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence
- Muriwai, Mud and Mindsets, NZL Junior Squad Camp wraps up in Auckland
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May
- Lifetime of Surf Service Remembered - Graeme Cullen
- Whanganui surf life savers claim gold in national Search and Rescue awards
- Otago Southland Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence winners
- Finalists announced for Christchurch/Tasman SLSNZ Awards of Excellence
- While Sanyo Cup Captains selected, Reid to shift focus on Olympic Dream
- Surf lifesaving stars awarded at the 2019 Christchurch-Tasman Awards of Excellence
- Waihi Beach lifeguards presented national award for saving surfer who had stroke in the water
- Volunteering NZ Report
- Capital Coast Surf Life Saving NZ Awards of Excellence finalists 2019
- Hawkes Bay Surf Life Saving NZ Awards of Excellence finalists
- Surf Lifeguard Award Update
- Capital Coast Surf Life Saving NZ Awards of Excellence winners 2019
- Hawke’s Bay Surf Life Saving NZ Awards of Excellence winners 2019
- Woman, boy recovering after massive rescue from Port Waikato coast
- Taranaki Surf Life Saving NZ Awards of Excellence finalists 2019
- Surf Life Saving NZ celebrates Samoan Language Week
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April
- Partner Offer | ExitSurf (XCEL Surf Lifeguard Wetsuits)
- Club behind the gold-medal-winning international IRB team could be hard to beat at the BP New Zealand IRB Championships Dunedin
- Giesen laps up surf after big blue rowing exploits
- Nail-biting finish at BP New Zealand IRB Championships, Dunedin
- Surf Live Saving NZ 'Spot the Danger' competition winner announced
- Waihi Beach surf lifeguards honoured for saving stroke victim’s life
- New Zealand Team - Sanyo Cup 2019
- Wāhine on the Water
- Lifeguard Wellbeing Survey - Exploring the role of social support following a traumatic event.
- IRB gifted to Ngati Porou SLSC to keep passing on water safety kaupapa and saving lives
- Otago and Southland Surf Life Saving New Zealand Awards of Excellence –finalists 2019
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March
- Taylors Mistake surf lifeguards awarded for swift response after life-threatening rock fall
- Announcement of Black Fins and Junior Black Fins Coach and Manager positions
- Team man Taylor eyes surf lifesaving history
- Record-setting McKenzie eyes more surf success
- Surf carnival to lead off memorial
- Appointment of National Sport Manager
- Epic distances no barrier for surf athletes
- Six-gold streak for Gisborne sprinter
- Full surf set for lifesaver McKenzie
- Surf stars create more history
- SLSNZ High Performance squad announcement
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February
- YOU FUEL UP. BP DONATES!
- Historic win for Cory Taylor in Australia
- New Zealand team ready for battle at Trans-Tasman Surf Boat clash
- Thrills and spills as Aussie teams take Trans-Tasman Surf Boat Challenge in big waves at Waihi Beach
- New Zealand Surf Boat Series round 5 hits big waves at the North Island Championships at Waihi Beach
- Warning about beaches today from Surf Life Saving NZ
- Kiwis share their rip experiences to support 3R’s safety message
- Speed and daring will be tested in IRB racing at the BP North Island IRB Championships this weekend
- Hosts excited by junior surf lifesaving champs
- SLSNZ Coastal Safety Team
- Announcement: New National Community Education Manager
- Condolences to family and friends of Graham Crombie
- Golden glow for junior Eastern lifesavers
- Public safety concerns see weekday surf lifeguards reintroduced to Tauranga beaches
- The world’s best IRB racers showed their stuff at the BP IRB North Island Championships in Waihi on the weekend
- BP donates more than $200,000 to Surf Life Saving New Zealand through Every Litre Counts initiative
- ‘Lifeguards in training’ ready for Surf Life Saving’s biggest youth sport event of the year
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January
- Annual Champion of the Bays competition will see Gisborne and Bay of Plenty athletes on their toes this weekend
- Central Regional Championships and Surf Boat Series round 3 to create a packed day of action at New Plymouth's Oakura Beach on Saturday
- Mount Maunganui scoops Champion of the Bays and Top Bay of Plenty Trophy
- Young guns line up history at surf carnival
- Surf Life Saving New Zealand National Event Trophies
- Regional rivalry set to create showdown at NZ Representative Challenge
- Big surf brings out skills at ERCs
- Locals claim convincing win in thrilling New Zealand Representative Challenge fight
- Surf Life Saving’s Gisborne Emergency Call Out crew recognised for high seas rescue as boat drifted toward reef
News
Four off-duty junior lifeguards pull off real-life rescue at Canterbury beach
Posted by Administrator on Tuesday, November 12, 2019When Jorja Butler got caught in a rip at her local beach she feared she would drown. The 11-year-old was swimming at Waikuku in North Canterbury on Sunday with her friend, Nicole Kuch, also 11.
Read more...Relief at rescue as four pulled from rip
Posted by Administrator on Monday, November 11, 2019Lua Rasmussen will never forget the sight of a surf life-saver paddling out to save her. The 20-year-old student was among four friends caught in a rip at St Kilda Beach and sucked about 300m out to sea.
Read more...New Zealanders vote remote Otago Surf Life Saving club the winner
Posted by Administrator on Monday, November 11, 2019BP and Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) have announced that the remote Kaka Point Surf Life Saving Club, located nine kilometres north of Nugget Point Lighthouse in Otago, is the winner of BP’s 2019 Vote the Boat campaign.
Read more...Award nomination for SLSNZ Eastern Regional Championships
Posted by Administrator on Thursday, November 7, 2019A team effort from a “phenomenal amount of people” is being praised after the SLSNZ Eastern Regional Championships was named a finalist for a prestigious award.
Read more...Cracked kayak prompts reminder - check equipment and conditions
Posted by Administrator on Friday, November 1, 2019Volunteer Surf Lifeguards are reminding beach goers to check their equipment before getting in or on the water this summer.
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