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Kōrero: Lifesaving and surfing

Champion surfers

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Champion surfers

Maz Quinn is possibly the best-known New Zealand surfer. In 2001 he was one of a small group chosen for the World Championship Tour, an international professional competition. He is shown here in action at the 2006 Hyundai National Surfing Championships, at Ninety Mile Beach in Northland.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: 12 January 2006

by Richard Robinson

Permission of the New Zealand Herald 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 – Surfing: 1970s to today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7383/champion-surfers (accessed 4 June 2026).

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