“"Create Champions & role models that inspire New Zealanders"”
SLSNZ High Performance Vision
Strategy
Our High Performance Mission is to maximise the potential of our athletes to achieve excellent and inspiring performances at pinnacle events. This is achieved through four key pillars:
Performance - Inspirational and winning performances
Wellbeing - A healthy system supporting healthy people to perform on world stage
Development – Supporting highly capable people to fulfil their potential
Inspiration – role models that inspire to ensure our future success
Click here to view the current HP Strategy Summary and here for the HP Coaching Strategy.
System
The SLSNZ High Performance System is the people and processes that support the HP Strategy, moving toward a common mission, vision.
It provides a way to work collaboratively across the high performance programmes, to support athletes, and collectively help grow and strengthen the programmes for ongoing future success.
We have awesome High Performance Support Personal that are leading and operating the High Performance programmes, working together toward a common mission, vision and strategy.
Click here to view the performance pathway
Click here to view the people invovled in supporting our HP system & programmes
Squads & Teams
SLSNZ regularly calls for expressions of interest for athletes to be considered for selection into Performance Squads as well as holds trials and selection events.
Individuals, teams and crews across ocean, beach, pool, surf boat and IRB disciplines are selected to represent New Zeland to compete in a range of International Competitions around the World and prove ourselves as leaders in High Performance Sport
The Ocean, Beach and pool rescue programme have a Performance squad from which New Zealand representative teams are selected for various international competitions.
Click here to view the current Ocean, Beach & Pool Squads.
CLick here to view the 2024 Lifesaving World Championships Teams
Click here to view Selection Information
Competitions & Events
New Zealand is a powerhouse of lifesaving sport, competing and winning internationally across pool, beach and IRB events. Our High Performance teams include the Black Fins, Junior Black Fins (pool & beach), Black Props (IRBs) and Oar Blacks (Boats).
The pinnacle event is the Life Saving World Championships, held every two years. We are the current IRB World Champions and have previously won the Open championship in 2012, 2014 & 2016 and many of our athletes also represent New Zealand in Commonwealth and Olympic level
Click here to view the history of New Zealand Teams at some of the different international competitions.
Sport Hall of Fame
Established in 1990, the Hall of Fame acknowledges outstanding competitive performances by members of our organisation so that their achievements in lifesaving sport are not forgotten and can inspire future generations.
The first induction occured in 1990 with fifteen people inducted in the inaugural class. Further inductions were completed in 1995 and 2007, 2016 & 2021.
Click here to view the Hall of Fame
Thanks to High Performance Sport New Zealand and our HP partners for their ongoing support & investment into SLSNZ High Performance.
Other stakeholders include athletes, coaches and athlete support and the SLSNZ membership, International Life Saving, National Sporting Organisations such as Swimming NZ, Canoe Racing NZ and Athletics NZ, and Sport New Zealand.
The HP Programmes are keen to work with partners and/or sponsors that share our vision and mission, with a view to growing with us. If you are interested, please contact tanya.hamilton@surflifesaving.org.nz
