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Kōrero: Lifesaving and surfing

Whakataetae eke ngaru, 1989

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Group of men holding surfboards on beach

Hei ētahi tāngata, he hākinakina pono te eke ngaru. Waihoki ki ēnei tāngata kō atu i te 45 tau te pakeke, e eke ngaru ana me ā rātou papa eke roa. Ko John McDermot kei te pito matau; koia te toa eke ngaru tuatahi o Aotearoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-NZ-Recreation-Surfing-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Lifesaving and surfing – The surfing way of life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2277/whakataetae-eke-ngaru-1989 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 15 January 2010.