Emergency Services

Surf Life Saving seeking $450k from Auckland Council

06:22 am on 24 January 2023

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Surf Life Saving will have to wait another couple of months to find out if a funding application for more lifeguards across Auckland is successful.

It's seeking an extra $455,000 from an Auckland Council funding board, so it can extend patrol hours and set up flags at two new locations - Tāwharanui and Te Arai.

Tāwharanui was the site of one of six water-related deaths in and around Auckland over the weekend.

Surf Life Saving Northern region chief executive Matt Williams spoke to Corin Dann..