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08/08/2025

https://mailchi.mp/6a46fbdc8a0f/the-trusts-karekare-surf-club-newsletter The Trusts Karekare Surf Club newsletter, Winter edition of the Cauldron

28/07/2025

Karekare had a great table of club achievements at the Northern Region Awards of Excellence held at Shed 10 on Saturday night.
Congratulations to our winners:

Eti Eves - Powercraft Officer of the Year

Andy Shaw - Distinguished Service Award
Andy Shaw - Northern Region Life Membership

Service Awards for:
Mike Mulcahy
David Munro
Valasi Eves
Clyde Strickett
Eti Eves

We also submitted applications for Instructor of the Year for Oscar Chaafe and Junior Surf Instructor for Steve Hart, unfortunately they were not picked as finalists but I know as a club we understand and appreciate the huge effort they made last season to the development of our young people in Karekare.

23/06/2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Geoge Taua, of Te Kawerau Maki.

Sir Bob was honoured to be part of the farewell and Tangi representing our Club. As mentor and Kaumatua "Uncle George " George Taua was a most respected and deeply loved friend of the Karekare surf Club.

Bob was seated at the huge tangi as our club's senior elder and represented The Karekare Community.

George was part of our rebuilding programme, he advised us on our Pou Carvers and after much thought gave the building its Maori name Kaha Ropi.

Haere atu rā, e koro
ki te paepae o Matariki
o Rehua
Haere atu rā

Farewell, old man
Go to the threshold of Matariki,
of Rehua
Farewell

27/05/2025

The season might be closed but it is great to see our young people getting involved in the YDC camp in the last holidays. Awesome to see our young members take advantage of these wonderful opportunities SLS provides. Thanks to all the organisers and camp leaders!

25/04/2025

Congratulations to our newest lifeguard Tara who completed her award yesterday. Congrats and we look forward to seeing you on patrol next season

22/04/2025

It's a wrap for another great season at Karekare after a tumultuous Easter on the wild west coast with remants of Cyclone Tam and peppered by Thunderstorms and alerts on phones! Well done to the two patrols who battled the elements, and to all our guards who met the challenges of the season. Take a well deserved rest now and see you back on deck Labour weekend 2025!

07/04/2025

https://mailchi.mp/848b50fc3e0b/april-cauldron-newsletterwelcome to the Karekare SLSC Cauldron for April 2025, full of our summer news...

24/03/2025

Congralutions to our six new lifeguards and two new Patrol support who achieved their award at Piha on Saturday 22 March. We really look forward to seeing our new guards on patrol in the next few weeks before we finish the season. Well done to you all!

18/03/2025

Congrats to our rookie swimmers tonight who passed their pool exam. Great to have Waipu SLSC join us and thanks to Wayne, Lauren and Harvey for examining.
See you at the beach on Saturday for stage 2!
Special thanks to Oscar and Finn for their instructing!

17/03/2025

We had a spectacular day on the beach yesterday with United North Piha Lifeguard Service junior surf joining us at Karekare SLSC for a joint carnival. Special thanks goes to Steve Hart for putting all the events together and all our instructors and lifeguards who helped make it happen. Also to the team at United who helped out on the day. Finally to the parents who made all the yummy snacks and for bringing your families along. Here are some great action shots from the day, special thanks to Harrison for taking these for us.

10/03/2025

Well done to our rookies who completed the rookie finishing school at United yesterday,. You all did an awesome job! Special thanks to JD from NR, the instructors and examiners from other clubs for their help an United for hosting us all. A great day all round!

15/02/2025

Congratulations to karekare surf lifesaving club on our 90th celebration yesterday at karekare house.
Congratulations to our award recipients. Special thanks to our sponsors and our volunteers who helped pull the day together. A fine picnic in 1935 style with music and dress to accompany. See you all at the 100th in 10 years time!

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Karekare Beach

0772

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https://www.karekaresurfclub.org.nz/

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Keeping it real since 1935

Karekare Surf Life Saving Club has an unequalled record in New Zealand for keeping the beach safe. The club ensures that visitors to this beautiful and wild west coast beach can swim, surf, fish and play, knowing that help is at hand – should things go wrong.

The lives of visitors aren’t the only lives influenced by this iconic club. Over the years, literally hundreds of lives have been changed in some way as a result of their participation in Karekare Surf Life Saving Club. The club helps mould future leaders. It provides opportunities to grow and learn and thrive. It provides people with unique challenges and builds within them the tools to turn those challenges into life-long strengths.

No-one leaves Karekare untouched, and everyone who associates with our club has been enriched in some way by the experience.