Surf Life Saving New Zealand

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Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is the organisation that controls surf lifesaving in New Zealand.

[edit] Purpose

The purpose of SLSNZ is to protect people from drowning at New Zealand's many beaches. Surf Life Saving clubs patrol designated beaches. Patrolled areas are designated by yellow and red flags. As of November 2005, no people have ever drowned while swimming between the flags.[1]

[edit] Regions

SLSNZ is broken up into the following regional organisational bodies:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Surf Life Saving New Zealand's website