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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.

More suggestions and sources

    • 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.



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