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Kōrero: Lifesaving and surfing

An early lifesaving team

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An early lifesaving team

Pictured are members of one of New Zealand’s first lifesaving clubs, formed at New Brighton, Christchurch, in 1910. By providing a voluntary service, the clubs acquired respectability, and made people more confident about swimming in the sea.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Canterbury Museum, Lyttelton Times Collection

Reference: 1979.91.26

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Lifesaving and surfing – Origins of surf lifesaving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7358/an-early-lifesaving-team (accessed 16 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.