Surf Life Saving New Zealand

MT MAUNGANUI — Two of the smaller clubs tasted big success on the second day of the Ocean Athlete under-14 national surf lifesaving championships in Mount Maunganui today.

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MT MAUNGANUI — The depth of Wellington's swimming talent helped Lyall Bay to an early lead after the first day of the Ocean Athlete under-14 national surf lifesaving championships in Mount Maunganui today.

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Nineteen people have drowned so far this year – a significant reduction on the 30 drownings recorded at the same time last year.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Surf lifesaving superstars Shannon Eckstein and Zane Holmes will make a rare foray onto New Zealand sand this weekend, attending the New Zealand Under-14 Ocean Athlete Championships in Mount Maunganui which starts tomorrow.

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PIHA — The Whakatane women's surf boat crew emerged victorious from a day of carnage at the final round of the national series in Piha on Saturday.

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Shannon Eckstein won a record-equalling fifth Kellogg's Nutrigrain Ironman title at North Cronulla today while Alicia Marriott became the first woman to win the triple crown of the surf lifesaving's major events.

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New Zealand ironman champion Daniel Moodie is desperate for some consistency heading into the final of the lucrative Kellogg's Nutrigrain series in Sydney this weekend.

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PIHA — A raw slab of West Coast swell is pulsing towards Piha for the final event in the New Zealand surf boat series this weekend.

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Drowning numbers were reported as being down in January this year - however Surf Lifeguards have been kept on their toes by being involved in a larger than normal number of fatal incidents.

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MT MAUNGANUI —   Auckland take a miniscule three-point buffer into the final day of surf lifesaving's glamour event, the Lion Foundation Surf League on Mt Maunganui beach, after an unexpected lead-out from their swimmers today.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Surf Lifeguards have rescued over 830 people and volunteered over 135,800 hours so far this summer to help make our beaches a safer place – but will still find time to go head to head at the Lion Foundation Surf League at Mount Maunganui this weekend.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Taranaki's Glenn Anderson has delivered an ominous appraisal ahead of the weekend's Lion Foundation Surf League, warning all six rival provinces that the reigning champions head to Mt Maunganui a more well-rounded unit than last year's winning team.

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  Reigning champion Shannon Eckstein climbed back into the winner's circle in today's fourth round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series at Alexandra Headland, Queensland, while New Zealand's Daniel Moodie grabbed a couple more big scalps.

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WAIHI —   Titahi Bay scored an poignant win at the North Island surf boat championships in Waihi Beach yesterday and in doing so, secured the national series title with a round to spare.

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WAIHI —   Series leaders Titahi Bay have a large target on their bow heading into the third round of the national surf boat series in Waihi Beach this weekend.

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  New Zealand ironman champion Daniel Moodie will be racing in his father's memory at this weekend's Kellogg's Nutri-Grain series in Australia.

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MT MAUNGANUI —   Individual performances are crucial but it’s the team component that will take precedence in next week’s Lion Foundation Surf League.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Papamoa stunned their rival clubs at the Northern Regional surf lifesaving championships in Mount Maunganui with an upset win on a tumultous final day today.

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MT MAUNGANUI —   A strong Australian-based contingent and some long awaited swell will hit Mount Maunganui ’s Main Beach this weekend at the Northern Regional surf lifesaving championships.

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National Jandal Day donations have exceeded expectation as final contributions roll-in around the country.

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  Top New Zealand surf lifesaver Daniel Moodie made immediate improvement in round two of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman series at Kurrawa Beach, Queensland, today.  After finishing 20th in yesterday's first round of the lucrative A$250,000 ($312,000) series, Moodie climbed eight places to finish 12th in today's accumulator round.

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New Zealand surf lifesaving star Daniel Moodie had a fierce introduction to the white-hot Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman series at Kurrawa Beach, Queensland, today.

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It’s been a busy couple of days on beaches around the country as several major rescues have kept Surf Lifeguards on their toes.

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  New Zealand ironman champion Daniel Moodie will measure his progress against the best surf lifesavers in Australia this weekend when he makes his debut in the lucrative Kellogg's Nutri-Grain series at Kurrawa Beach in Queensland.

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PIHA — A 35-year-old male is missing, presumed drowned, after fishing from rocks on the well known Dawsons Ledge which lies at the southern end at West Auckland’s Piha beach.

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WHANGAMATA — Titahi Bay maintained their faultless start to the surf boat season with a double win at the second round of the season in Whangamata yesterday.

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WHANGAMATA —   Titahi Bay’s national champion surf boat crew will be the warmest of favourites as the national series heats up in Whangamata on Saturday.

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TARANAKI —   Despite a flurry of firsts, Fitzroy had to bow to fellow Taranaki club East End for overall honours at the North Island BP IRB Surf Rescue Championships at Whangamata today.

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WHANGAMATA —   Taranaki's strong IRB ranks will be tested by a large influx of rivals from around the country at the North Island BP surf rescue championships in Whangamata this weekend.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay surf lifesaver Daniel Moodie has joined the elite ranks of the sport, qualifying for the lucrative Kelloggs series in Australia today.

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Two of New Zealand’s brightest surf lifesaving stars will line up in Australia this weekend, attempting to crack the sport's richest series at the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman trials.

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Casual Friday will take on a new meaning on December 4 this year as Kiwis prepare to don their Jandals to support Surf Life Saving's annual appeal day.

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Surf Lifeguards are set to begin patrols on our most popular beaches from Labour Weekend as the weather starts to warm up.

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WELLINGTON — Olympic stars may have been turning heads but it was the younger brigade stopping clocks in record times at the New Zealand surf lifesaving swimming championships in Wellington.

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WELLINGTON CITY — New Zealand team members Glenn Anderson and Steven Kent displayed their class during the opening session of the New Zealand surf lifesaving swimming championships in Wellington tonight.

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A strong Australian contingent will boost record-breaking numbers at surf lifesaving New Zealand's national pool championships starting tomorrow.

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Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey is the new President of Surf Life Saving New Zealand - the long serving West Coast lifeguard was elected unopposed at the SLSNZ AGM on Saturday and will steer the organisation through its upcoming centenary year.

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WELLINGTON — A celebration of Surf Life Saving took place in Wellington yesterday as national honours were awarded to past and present Surf Lifeguards at the 2009 DHL ‘In it for Life’ Awards.

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AUCKLAND — Muriwai Lifeguards took out top national honours at the 2009 Surf BP Rescue Awards this week.

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PIHA — Rob Pidgeon, a 22-year-old United North Piha Surf Lifeguard, has won the prestigious ‘New Zealand Lottery Grants Board Lifeguard of the Year’ award for his efforts over the past summer season.

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Ironman champion Daniel Moodie picked up one of the most important wins of his career as his New Zealand surf lifesaving team staged a strong comeback on the last day of the World Games in Taiwan.

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The New Zealand surf lifesaving team has braced itself for a huge challenge on the final day of their World Games competition in Taiwan.

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The New Zealand surf lifesaving team sits in fifth after a tough opening day at the World Games in Taiwain overnight.

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The New Zealand surf lifesaving team felt the full force of swimming's new high-tech bodysuits on the opening morning of World Games competition in Taiwan today.

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Jess Parr may be a rookie on the international stage but the New Zealand surf lifesaving team will be counting on all her experience at the World Games beginning tomorrow...

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A fresh-faced New Zealand surf lifesaving team has arrived in in Taiwan for the World Games, confident of another podium finish.

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Mairangi Bay surf lifesaver Katie Pocock has captured the biggest crown of her illustrious career by winning the Moloka'i World Championships surfski title in Hawaii today.

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Easter weekend traditionally marks the end of summer as Surf Lifeguards prepare to conclude the volunteer beach patrols that help make our beaches a safer place.

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PIHA — A 25-year-old male has drowned while swimming on his own North of Lion Rock at West Auckland’s Piha beach.

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East End snatched the overall club title on the final day of the New Zealand IRB championships at Oakura Beach, as local Taranaki crews again dominated proceedings.

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TARANAKI — A record field of IRB crews will line up in this weekend's BP Surf Rescue Championships at Oakura Beach in Taranaki.

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TARANAKI — A record field of IRB crews will line up in this weekend's BP Surf Rescue Championships at Oakura Beach in Taranaki.

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North Shore paddler Teneale Hatton scooped triple gold on the third day of the Australian surf lifesaving championships in Perth overnight.

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New Zealand surf lifesaving selectors have placed a swimming emphasis on their 12-strong team named to compete in July's World Games in Taiwan.

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Madison Boon is hoping she’s used up all her bad luck as the top New Zealand surf lifesaver swaps giant Gisborne waves for Perth heat at the Australian national championships which begin tomorrow.

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GISBORNE — Stung by a second-placing in the board race, surf lifesaving star Daniel Moodie wreaked vengeance in the ironman to win his fourth consecutive national championship in the glamour event.

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GISBORNE — Gisborne’s Midway Beach bared its teeth for all to see on the opening day of the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships today, playing right into the hands of the host club.

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GISBORNE — After 166,000 hours of beach patrols and 1349 rescues so far this summer - 1400 Surf Lifeguards will gather in Gisborne this week to compete in the NZCT Surf Life Saving Championship.

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GISBORNE — Rising surf lifesaving star Madison Boon will be looking to sift a fair chunk of gold out of the sands of Gisborne's Midway Beach when the national championships begin on Friday.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — Over $40,000 worth of Surf Life Saving equipment was stolen from New Plymouth’s East End Surf Life Saving Club on Sunday night (1 March).

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A trio of New Zealand athletes grabbed gold medals at the Queensland State surf lifesaving championships yesterday.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Papamoa’s junior surf lifesaving reign became something of a dynasty today when the Bay of Plenty club claimed a third consecutive Ocean Athletes national under-14 championship in Mount Maunganui.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Nearly 750 junior lifeguards from around the country will descend on Mount Maunganui for the annual New Zealand under-14 Ocean Athletes championships starting tomorrow.

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Surf Life Saving is experiencing increasingly difficult financial pressures as a direct result of the current economic climate.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Hawke’s Bay ironman Daniel Moodie successfully defended his crown in the glamour event of the Lion Foundation Surf League in Mount Maunganui today but the Taranaki team took home the overall spoils.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Perfect weather and tidal conditions made the ultimate aquatic racetrack for Greg Murphy to take on Surf Life Savings top Lifeguards in an adrenalin fuelled IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat) race at Main Beach, Mt Maunganui today.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke's Bay ironman Daniel Moodie will take a near-invincible record into this weekend's Lion Foundation Surf League but that's only half his battle.

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After 120,000 hours of patrols and over 1100 rescues so far this summer  184 of New Zealands top Surf Lifeguards are putting themselves to the test as they go head to head in one of the most action-packed, glamour surf events this summer.

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MT MAUNGANUI — Olympic triathlete Andrea Hewitt has given the Canterbury surf lifesaving team a massive boost by accepting an invitation to compete in this weekend's Lion Foundation Surf League in Mount Maunganui.

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MT MAUNGANUI — New Zealand captain Glenn Anderson showed he's no spent force in surf lifesaving, while teenager Madison Boon proved her rising credentials at the Northern Regional championships in Mt Maunganui today.

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PIHA — North Piha could well have been the scene of yet another tragic drowning today but thanks to Surf Lifeguards - a near tragedy was narrowly avoided.

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New Zealand surf lifesaving captain Glenn Anderson faces his first step into a new realm this weekend at the Northern Regional championships in Mount Maunganui.

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It sounds like an old cliché – but ‘between the flags’ is the safest place to be.

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MT MAUNGANUI — There’s a strong trans-Tasman flavour to the eight provincial surf lifesaving teams named today for next month’s Lion Foundation Surf League in Mount Maunganui.

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AUCKLAND — A search operation is underway at West Auckland’s Bethells Beach today as one man is missing, presumed drowned.

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New Zealand surf lifesavers saved their best until last at the grand final of the lucrative Ocean Assault series in Queensland today.

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WHANGAMATA — Veteran sweep Paul McVicar returned from a stint in retirement to help his Titahi Bay crew win the second round of the national surf boat series in Whangamata today.

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WHANGAMATA — Olympic rower James Dallinger is picking up the oars again on Friday, only this time he'll be tackling the waves of Whangamata rather than a calm lake.

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AUCKLAND — At midday today surf lifeguards were notified by a member of the public that a small aircraft had gone down 1km off Ruakaka Beach.

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Former Australian representative Scott Bartlett has been named as Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s new national coach.

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Popular children’s programme Surf Club 174 will be hitting our TV screens again this summer - teaching Kiwi kids how to keep safe and have fun at the beach.

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Thousands of Kiwis are packing their beach bags and getting ready to hit our shores as the holiday season moves into full swing.

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In tough times, National Jandal Day hit a new high as Kiwis all over the country dug deep into their pockets to support Surf Life Saving.

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A handful of New Zealand’s best surf lifesavers will be hoping Christmas comes early at the first round of finals of the rich Ocean Assault series in Queensland this weekend.

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NORTHLAND — Perennial champions and former national representatives Jaron Mumby and Chris Scott (Fitzroy) dominated the North Island BP IRB championships in Waipu Cove, Northland, yesterday.

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New Zealand surf lifesavers capped a dream weekend in the fourth round of the lucrative Ocean Assault series on Queensland's Tugun Beach today.

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DUNEDIN — Fitzroy's much-vaunted IRB depth will be tested at the North Island BP Surf Rescue Championships in Waipu Cove this weekend.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Piha proved their European title was no fluke by dominating today's racing in the first round of the New Zealand surf boat series in Wellington.

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PIHA — European champions Piha have emerged as the team to beat at the opening round of the New Zealand Surf Boat series in Wellington this weekend.

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A record field of eight New Zealand surf lifesavers will attempt to crack the sport's richest series when they line up at the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman trials this weekend.

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Orewa surf lifesaver Teneale Hatton has continued her impressive Australian form, finishing second in the open women's ski race in the second round of the prestigious Ocean Assault series in Kawana, Queensland, today.

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National Jandal Day is back - Surf Life Saving’s national appeal day is set to make a huge splashagain this year as Kiwis all over New Zealand are urged to wear their jandals in support of Surf Life Saving.

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Surf Lifeguards are set to begin patrols on our most popular beaches from Labour Weekend as the weather starts to warm up.

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New Zealand surf lifesavers came away with three top-15 finishes at the iconic Coolangatta Gold event in Queensland today.

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New Zealand ironman champion Daniel Moodie leads a strong Kiwi challenge in Sunday's iconic Coolangatta Gold surf lifesaving event in Queensland.

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WELLINGTON — Titahi Bay's Steven Kent completed his domination of Surf Life Saving New Zealand's national pool championships in Wellington this weekend, swimming away with nine gold medals.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Titahi Bay's Steven Kent picked up another three titles during the second session of finals at surf lifesaving's national pool championships in Wellington tonight, giving him six in total with one more day to come.

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WELLINGTON — Wellington swimmers Steven Kent and Natasha Hind dominated the first session of competition at Surf Life Saving New Zealand's national pool championships last night, winning five of the six open finals between them.

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WELLINGTON — Olympic swimmer Natasha Hind and two members of the dominant world championship team will compete at Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s national pool championships in Wellington this weekend.

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Australia’s surf prowess proved too much as the New Zealand team had to settle for second at the world lifesaving championships in Germany today.

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