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'Russian roulette'-like behaviour partially blamed as beach drownings up 63% from last summer
The death of a person while diving near Whangārei on January 27 has ramped up concerns over our drowning toll. From Labour weekend to yesterday, there have been 13 beach drownings, compared to eight in the same period last summer – a 63 per cent increase. There are still two-and-a-half months left until the end of the official swimming season.
Read more...Wily Clarke collects plenty of surf gold
Rachel Clarke's carefully honed lifesaving instincts promise to make 2020 a huge year, both on and off the beach.
Read more...Surf Life Saving New Zealand acknowledges death at Second Beach cliffs, Dunedin
On January 23, 2020, at around 4.30pm Surf Lifeguards responded to reports that a 14-year-old boy, Vinnie Beecroft, had entered the water and failed to return to shore at the Second Beach cliffs, at the south end of St Clair Beach in Dunedin.
Read more...Recovery of crab-fisherman at Uretiti recognised by Surf Life Saving NZ
The Surf Lifeguards involved in the search for, and recovery of, the body of a crab-fisherman who died at Uretiti Beach in Bream Bay on Christmas Day 2019 have been recognised by Surf Life Saving New Zealand and BP.
Read more...Rescue of fisherman at Piha earns second place in BP Rescue of the Month
The rescue of a fisherman swept into the water at Fisherman’s Rock has earned United North Piha Lifeguard Service second place in the December round of BP Rescue of the Month.
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