Press Release – Surf Life Saving New Zealand
More than 800 Junior Surf members from around Aotearoa New Zealand will make their way to Mt Maunganui’s Main Beach on Thursday for one of the country’s largest children’s sporting events.
Oceans ’21 turns…well…
21 this year and a sense of relief and celebration is in the air. Last week’s COVID-19 alert level changes raised uncertainty as to whether Oceans ‘21 could go ahead – and whether Auckland competitors would be able to attend if the city remained at Alert Level 2. Hundreds of participants held their breath leading up to Monday afternoon’s announcement.
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Freddy, a 12-month-old poodle/spaniel cross, prefers to visit Libby Millar and the Barefoot Café in Christchurch’s Welles St, rather than go to a puppy day care centre. It includes a breakfast mix of meat and kibble and a choice of steaks priced up to $30 for dinner, depending on how spoiled your pooch is. Here’s an updated list of dog-friendly hospitality spots in Christchurch: Aikmans Bar and Eatery Dogs are welcome in the sports bar area of Aikmans in Merivale and have been for many years. Bailies Bar This Edgeware watering hole offers a relaxed vibe as well as pub grub, a brunch menu and dog-friendly atmosphere.
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Brittany Spencer and Greta Clark compete in an Inflatable Rescue Boat races at the Nelson Surf Lifesaving Club’s Nelson Tasman Surf Carnival at Tahunanui Beach.
Surf lifesavers from around the South Island tested their skills on and off the water in a fun-filled competition in Nelson. Tāhunanui Beach hosted the annual Nelson Tasman surf carnival event on Saturday and Sunday, featuring junior and senior surf sport events from IRB racing, beach sprints and flag races, ski races to surf lifeguard award tests. The competition drew surf lifesavers from the Nelson club as well as Marlborough’s Rarangi SLSC, Kotuku SLSC from Greymouth and Canterbury clubs Waimairi and North Beach.