Surf Life Saving Northern Region
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Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) is the organisation responsible for controlling the surf lifesaving activities around the Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 region of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It is responsible for surf beaches from Far North Rescue to Raglan Surf Lfe Saving Club. It is a district organization of Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Surf Life Saving New Zealand is the national association representing 73 Surf Life Saving clubs in New Zealand. The organisation's motto is 'In it for life'...

. Founded in 1933, it currently has 17 affiliated clubs with more than 3000 volunteers. It currently employs 10 full-time staff and around 70 seasonal professional lifeguards.

Day to Day Responsibilities

During the New Zealand Life Saving Season Labour Day to April, Surf Life Saving Northern, through its support service, SurfCom, keeps in contact with the 17 surf clubs under its responsibility through radios or by telephone. The primary responsibility of SurfCom is to relay information between the surf life saving clubs and other rescue services.Also, every patrol fills in a form detailing local conditions and the type of patrol set up. This is relayed to SLSNR in order to allocate funding to individual clubs.. At the end of the patrol a follow-up report is sent off detailing the number of guards patrolling, the number of rescue vehicles used, and the number of rescues, first aids, searches and preventative actions. Other support services include lifeguards stationed on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter (New Zealand)
Westpac Rescue Helicopter (New Zealand)
The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter is a New Zealand accident and emergency rescue and transport service operated by the Auckland Regional Rescue Helicopter Trust. The Trust operates two BK117-850 D2 helicopters on behalf of the helicopter owners - the greater Auckland community...

, and on jetskis.

Northern Region clubs

  • Whangarei Heads web site
  • Ruakaka web site
  • Waipu Cove
  • Mangawhai Heads
  • Omaha web site
  • Orewa
    Orewa Surf Life Saving Club
    Orewa Surf Life Saving Club, or Orewa SLSC, is a surf lifesaving club in New Zealand. It is one of 17 such clubs in the Northern Region of New Zealand.- History :...

     web site
  • Red Beach web site
  • Mairangi Bay web site
  • Far North Surf Rescue (FNSR)
  • Muriwai web site
  • Bethell's Beach web site
  • United North Piha
    United North Piha Lifeguard Service
    United North Piha Lifeguard Service is a New Zealand surf lifesaving club located on North Piha beach on the West Coast of Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of 17 such clubs in the Northern Region of New Zealand.- History :...

     web site
  • Piha
    Piha Surf Life Saving Club
    Piha Surf Life Saving Club is a surf lifesaving club for the southern section of Piha, on the west coast of Auckland, New Zealand, some 45 km from Auckland City centre...

     web site
  • Karekare web site
  • Kariaotahi web site
  • Sunset Beach
  • Raglan


SLSNR is based at the Marine Rescue Centre
Auckland Marine Rescue Centre
The Auckland Marine Rescue Centre is the control centre for the Coastguard Northern Region and Surf Lifesaving Northern Region, New Zealand . It also houses other marine services such as the Harbourmaster and the Maritime Police...

at Auckland's Mechanics Bay off Tamaki Drive.
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