Zoe\u2019s father and fellow lifeguard Jason Rive also arrived to help with logistics on the beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey got the person on board, brought them back to shore, and then they\u2019ve just been out and retrieved the kayak as well,\u201d Gibbons-Campbell said.<\/p>\n
The kayaker was the only person in distress, although several other kayakers were in the area and had tried to help.<\/p>\n
Coastguard was also activated but later stood down.<\/p>\n
Gibbons-Campbell praised the response, particularly given Pukehina\u2019s rural location and the relatively small number of local lifeguards.<\/p>\n
\u201cA few stars aligned.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three lifeguards were all in their early 20s and heavily involved in their respective clubs, with some also working as paid lifeguards over summer.<\/p>\n
Gibbons-Campbell said he wanted to recognise their efforts as \u201cyoung leaders in surf lifesaving\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also praised the member of the public who raised the alarm.<\/p>\n
Gibbons-Campbell said people should contact police if they see someone in trouble so the appropriate emergency responders can be alerted quickly.<\/p>\n
He also urged people heading out on the water to wear a lifejacket and carry a means of communication.<\/p>\n
Surf Lifesaving NZ Eastern Region lifesaving manager Chaz Gibbons-Campbell at \u014cmanu Beach. Photo \/ Kelly O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n
Letting someone on land know where they were going and having someone keep an eye on their plans could also help if something went wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother key message that we always put out there is look after one another.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said they received a report of a kayaker who had fallen out of their kayak and was struggling in the water in Pukehina.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt appears all people have been accounted for and emergency services have been stood down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zoe\u2019s father and fellow lifeguard Jason Rive also arrived to help with logistics on the beach. \u201cThey got…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1561,11586,71,9832,98473,315864,111,43,139,69,1118,6662,1562,88235,8527,18560,38052,18694,1529,1865,35146,7571,17454,4741],"class_list":["post-644533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-bay","tag-coast","tag-from","tag-helped","tag-kayaker","tag-lifesavers","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-off","tag-plenty","tag-pukehina","tag-rescue","tag-rescued","tag-sinking","tag-surf","tag-three","tag-today","tag-vessel","tag-volunteer","tag-whose","tag-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}