Kōrero: Lifesaving and surfing
Whārangi 8. Hononga, rauemi nō waho
Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
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Piha New
Zealand
Piha is New Zealand’s most famous surf beach,
where board riding began in 1956. -
Surf Life
Saving New Zealand
The map on this site links to surf lifesaving
regions around the country. There is information on
lifesaving, education and history. -
Surfing
NZ
The governing body of surfing in New Zealand
aims to promote and advance the sport as a safe and
healthy activity.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
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Booth, Douglas. ‘Healthy, economic, disciplined
bodies: surfbathing and surf lifesaving in
Australia and New Zealand, 1890–1950.’ New
Zealand Journal of History 32, no. 1 (April
1998): 43–58. -
Coney, Sandra. Piha: a history in
images. Auckland: Keyhole, 1997. -
Daley, Caroline. Leisure & pleasure:
reshaping and revealing the New Zealand body,
1900–1960. Auckland: Auckland University
Press, 2003. -
Harvey, Bob. Rolling thunder: the spirit of
Karekare. Auckland: Exisle, 2001. -
Ingram, N. A. A factual history of surf
life-saving in New Zealand, 1910–1952. Lower
Hutt: Hutt Printing and Publishing, 1953. -
Jackson, Ivan. Sand between my toes: the
story of surf lifesaving in New Zealand.
Auckland: Penguin, 2006. -
Williamson, Luke. Gone surfing: the golden
years of surfing in New Zealand, 1950–1970.
Auckland: Penguin, 2000.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Nancy Swarbrick, Lifesaving and surfing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/13045/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.