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Between the Flags has been edited by Bob Harvey, very recently the Mayor of Waitakere and current President Surf Life Saving. The book is a celebration of our history told through stunning photographs and stories from our members. It includes ‘Tales from the Surf’ from prominent NZ’ers who have been lif
Between the Flags has been edited by Bob Harvey, very recently the Mayor of Waitakere and current President Surf Life Saving. The book is a celebration of our history told through stunning photographs and stories from our members. It includes ‘Tales from the Surf’ from prominent NZ’ers who have been lifeguards such as The Rt. Hon Lockwood Smith, Sir Stephen Tindall and Jim Hickey.
This book is more than a day at the beach.A remarkable story of dedication, courage andpride is told in Between the Flags. It is a story of50,000 lives saved. A story of a rich beach culturethat developed on the gold and black sands of New Zealand beaches. It is about ordinary people doing extraordinary things.In the last hundred years, surf lifesaving hasgrown from humble beginnings on the shores ofsub urban beaches in Christchurch and Wellingtonto one of New Zealand’s most honoured andrespected volunteer organisations.What a century it’s been. When New Zealandersdiscovered the beach and the joy of swimming,life guards were there to watch over them. Through two world wars and the Great Depression, surf lifesaving grew and evolved. It bonded a beachculture of camaraderie and fierce competition with skill and a will to serve and save lives.We are a swimming nation. New Zealand hasthousands of beaches and millions visit them every year. Ninety per cent of New Zealanders live within 40 minutes of a beach.But our glorious surf can be a deadly playground.In the roaring West Coast surf or in the treacherous East Coast rips, it is easy to be swept into danger.Surf lifeguards are the difference between life anddeath.The century has seen surf lifesaving reach beyondthe beach and into this country’s psyche. The stoiclifeguards standing between the fluttering red andyellow flags are now part of our national identity.This is their story. It is told in the words andphotos of the characters and competitors that werepart of this great and grand history. They are asrelevant today as they were when they first stoodlooking out to sea, searching for an upraised handand a cry for help.
Between the Flags is the centennial publication ofSurf Life Saving New Zealand. It is told from thearchives of pictures, cuttings, clippings and voicesof those that were there. These are the words andmemories of the men and women who came fromordinary lives to do extraordinary things.Edited by Bob Harvey and assisted by Pam Ryan,Marilyn Moffatt, Dick Glover and Miri Young, thisbook brings together a century of tales, voices and memories. Here is the richness of friendship,teamwork, tears and triumphs.Gifted photographs, memorabilia, personalalbums and diaries from SLSNZ’s archives and thenation’s libraries and museums feature in thesepages. They capture a broad and rich picture ofan organisation that has become part of a nation’s identity. This is a book of lives saved, innovations and remarkable characters.
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