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Oceans 21 Celebrates its “Coming of Age”
More than 800 Junior Surf members from around Aotearoa New Zealand will make their way to Mt Maunganui’s Main Beach on Thursday for one of the country’s largest children’s sporting events...
Read more...Teamwork Prevents Rocky Outcome for 4 Teens as Taranaki ECOS Take 1st Place in bp Rescue of the Month
Dusk was falling on the 5th of January when the Taranaki Emergency Call-Out Squad (ECOS) received a call from the local Police Search & Rescue team that four teenage girls were stuck on Pararaki Rock at Back Beach, New Plymouth../.
Read more...Shark Attack Response Sees Surf Lifeguards Take 2nd Place for bp Rescue of the Month
Nothing appeared out of the ordinary at Bowentown on the afternoon of January 7th, 2021. The weather was warm and sunny, and a light breeze tossed the waves...
Read more...Mangawhai Heads Takes 3rd Place in bp Rescue of the Month for Rapid Off-Shore Response
At 11:30am on January 17, 2021, Mangawhai Heads Volunteer Lifeguard Service volunteer Surf Lifeguards were alerted to a major medical incident about 3-5 km offshore from Mangawhai Heads beach...
Read more...Surf Life Saving NZ Acknowledges Fatality at Pilot Bay
Surf Lifeguards assisted in the attempted resuscitation of an adult male at Pilot Bay in Mt Maunganui on February 13, 2021.
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