46-500: Moa Point is a small suburb in Wellington, New Zealand, situated on the south coast between Lyall Bay to the west and Tarakena Bay to the east. As of 2015 there were 21 households in the suburb. The suburb got its name in 1926 when the estate of HD Crawford sold 39 sections for a new housing area to be known as 'Moa Point Estate', described as "one of the warmest, sunniest and most sheltered positions in Wellington". The hill behind
92-528: A competition cap with distinct colours or patterns. These are worn during competition and for training on the beach. The patrolled area of the beach is marked out with red and yellow flags and beachgoers are encouraged to swim between the flags. Those wishing to use surfcraft are required to remain outside the flags. In the UK, SLSGB has a long history of voluntary members patrolling local beaches, offering advice, first aid and rescue services. This continues today and
138-668: A land drill and 'reel test'. The first New Zealand National Champs where clubs were able to compete was held in 1922. The Surf Life Saving Great Britain (SLSGB) organisation was formed in 1955. Volunteer clubs patrolled beaches in England at Bude and St. Agnes in Cornwall and at Brighton , their aim to protect, rescue and resuscitate bathers. Voluntary organisations exist in Germany, such as DLRG and Wasserwacht . Lifesavers are volunteers that typically patrol in groups under
184-535: A lawn bowls club, two churches and a small range of shops. The suburb is also home to Fat Freddy's Drop , a popular Wellington band. The south-western border has Te Raekaihau Point as the dividing landform to Houghton Bay . Lyall Bay was probably the ancient mouth of the Hutt River. The current isthmus was created by geologic upheaval as a result of recurring earthquakes, notably the Haowhenua earthquake in
230-545: A map drawn by Crawford but that none of the Māori he had spoken to knew of that name. Some believe that Lyall Bay is named after Dr David Lyall of the survey ship HMS Acheron, but he didn't serve on that ship until 1847, by which time the name Lyall Bay was already in use. Another theory is that it is named after George Lyall , one of the directors of the New Zealand Company . Early records also sometimes show
276-439: A patrol captain for a given period of time on weekend and public holidays under a roster system. In order to be a surf lifesaver a person must hold a Bronze Medallion or a Surf Rescue Certificate and pass an annual proficiency test. Lifesavers who are on patrol wear red and yellow cloth caps on the head. While not performing rescues they are also required to wear long-sleeve yellow shirts and red shorts to provide protection against
322-703: A population of 2,673 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 78 people (3.0%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 93 people (3.6%) since the 2006 census . There were 1,029 households, comprising 1,275 males and 1,401 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.91 males per female. The median age was 36.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 480 people (18.0%) aged under 15 years, 573 (21.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,353 (50.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 267 (10.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 71.2% European/ Pākehā , 13.0% Māori , 8.5% Pasifika , 16.8% Asian , and 4.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
368-468: A programme of sand dune restoration at the eastern end of Lyall Bay beach. Part of the dune was fenced off and boardwalks constructed for access to the beach through the dune. Thousands of pingao and other plants were planted to hold the sand in place. In December 1935 Wellington City Council approved Rongotai aerodrome as the site of an airport suitable for all types of aircraft, which would have involved reclamation of 26 acres (10.5 hectares) of seabed at
414-625: A small industrial area next to it are often considered to be part of Rongotai . Lyall Bay is predominantly a residential area, but also contains a part of Wellington's Southern Walkway and the Southern Headlands Reserve. The suburb has a bus service and is near to the Kilbirnie shopping centre and the Tirangi Road Airport Retail Park. There is a primary school (Lyall Bay School), a Playcentre,
460-689: Is a multifaceted social movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport. Originating in early 20th century Australia , the movement has expanded globally to other countries, including New Zealand , Ireland , South Africa , and the United Kingdom . Surf lifesavers in Australia are colloquially known as "Clubbies". Surf lifesaving originated in Australia in 1907 in response to drownings at local beaches in Sydney . Such groups became necessary following
506-526: Is a vital service to the community. Many local authorities provide a lifeguard service from May to September on popular beaches. In some areas Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Lifeguards operate on behalf of the local authority. The other key part of surf life saving is the competitive sport which evolved from the training activities of lifesavers at Australian and New Zealand surf beaches, though most events share little with modern Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) based surf rescue techniques. The sport
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#1732786996595552-477: Is home to two surf lifesaving clubs and has also been the site of surf lifesaving championships. Lyall Bay is a very popular and safe swimming beach. The beach is only two thirds of its original size: the construction of Wellington International Airport took away the eastern third of the beach. The suburb consists of most of the southern half of the Rongotai isthmus, although Wellington International Airport and
598-421: Is known for its wastewater treatment plant, which treats sewage from the majority of Wellington city. From 1899 until 1989, raw sewage was discharged into the inter-tidal zone at Moa Point. A council proposal to continue to discharge untreated sewage at Moa Point with only milliscreening became a public controversy, and was a significant factor in the defeat of the incumbent mayor, Ian Lawrence by Jim Belich in
644-511: Is screened to remove solids, then goes through settling tanks. After treatment with an agent to separate out bacteria, the liquid is treated with ultraviolet light to eliminate most remaining bacteria and viruses. The treated water is then discharged to the ocean in Cook Strait via a 1.8-kilometre-long (1.1 mi) marine outfall pipe. The plant can discharge up to 260,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day. During periods of heavy rainfall
690-672: Is still based on volunteer clubs which perform rescue duty, from children in the "nippers" category through to professional elite circuits that have been established for the high-profile "ironman" events. The sport is still mainly in Australia and New Zealand. However, the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service in Canada has run the Nova Scotia Surf League competitions every summer since 2000, and competition programs exist in five regions of Canada. In Europe
736-486: The 1986 Wellington City mayoral election . Milliscreening was added in 1989, as part of a transition to a land-based secondary treatment system. In 1995 Wellington City Council contracted British company Anglian Water International to provide a sewage treatment plant for Wellington at Moa Point, at a cost of $ 149 million. The facility opened officially in September 1998. The treatment process has several steps: liquid
782-416: The 2003-2004 season there were 24,968 active members (those who are rostered to patrol regularly), of which approximately 40% are women. In the 2003-2004 patrol season, lifesavers performed 9,044 rescues, provided emergency care to 26,739 patients, and undertook 171,965 preventive actions. Surf Life Savers provide important surf rescue services on beaches in Australia on weekends and public holidays throughout
828-465: The Lyall Bay club patrol the beach during summer months and Maranui club members patrol Oriental Bay. Members of both clubs compete nationally in various surf sports, which are sometimes held at Lyall Bay. Lyall Bay statistical area covers 0.55 km (0.21 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 2,700 as of June 2024, with a population density of 4,909 people per km . Lyall Bay had
874-472: The Moa Point wastewater treatment plant. In July 2023 Wellington City Council announced that it had signed a contract with two companies, McConnell Dowell Constructors Ltd and HEB Construction Ltd, to build new sludge minimisation infrastructure at the wastewater treatment plant. Sludge is mixed with general waste and buried in landfill, so minimising the amount produced is valuable. The Council expects that
920-799: The Surf Bathing Association of New South Wales (SBANSW) was founded with nine clubs and affiliated associations. The nine “foundation” clubs were the Royal Life Saving Society , Manly Surf Club , Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club, Coogee Surf Life Brigade ( Coogee Surf Life Saving Club ), Bronte Surf Brigade (Bronte Surf Lifesaving Club), Bondi Surf and Social Club ( North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club ), Tamarama Surf Club (later disbanded, however nowadays Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club ), Maroubra Surf Club ( Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club ), United Wanderers Surf Club, and Woollahra Surf Club. The first club outside of Sydney
966-458: The bay is known as The Corner. The waves here are influenced by the breakwater created when Wellington Airport was built in the 1950s. In 2015 the Airport announced plans to extend its runway. Surfers believed this would adversely affect the surf in the bay, but the airport said they would build an artificial reef 500m offshore to lessen the effect of the runway expansion on the waves. As of 2023
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#17327869965951012-408: The beach In December 1909. This led to rapid development and an influx of day trippers at the weekends. Most development was at the western side of the suburb. The eastern side was mostly sand dunes, and the tramline was often blocked by drifting sand. Wellington City Council responded to the problem in 1925 with a programme to level the dunes and cover much of the area with a layer of clay to hold
1058-427: The documentation provided by each club in 2005, SLSA agreed that they recognise Bondi as the first surf life saving club. They stated “A hardy perennial in surf lifesaving history is the question of the first surf club — Bondi or Bronte. As this study has shown, the first group of organised lifesavers formed on Manly Beach in 1899. While moves on Bondi, Bronte and Manly in early 1907 saw the organisation of irregulars, it
1104-469: The eastern end of Lyall Bay. Some reclamation took place in Lyall Bay in 1940 with spoil from Moa Point Hill. After further discussion a plan was released in 1944 which would require reclamation in Evans Bay and a retaining wall at Lyall Bay. By 1950 the plans included reclamation in Lyall Bay, and by 1954 the work was underway. A breakwater was created and Moa Point Hill was completely flattened, with
1150-506: The fifteenth century and the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake . The 1855 earthquake caused a tsunami that swept over the isthmus between Lyall Bay and Evans Bay, leaving fish stranded amongst the sand dunes. Lyall Bay was earlier known as False Bay, because ships would mistake the bay for the entrance to Wellington Harbour. A Māori name for the beach was Hue te para, which literally means ' gourd ' (hue), 'the' (te), and 'ripe' (para) Writing in 1919, Elsdon Best stated that Hue te para appeared on
1196-407: The housing estate was called Moa Point Hill: moa bones and gizzard stones and evidence of Māori occupation had been found in the area in the nineteenth century. The hill was flattened during construction of Wellington Airport from the 1930s to the 1950s, with spoil used for reclamation in Lyall Bay and for other road works. Some houses at the northern end of Moa Point were relocated or removed and
1242-540: The name as Lyell Bay and it has been claimed that it was named after geologist Charles Lyell . The suburb of Lyall Bay was initially named Maranui by H D Crawford and H M Hayward, who began selling 80 sections for a new township at the bay in 1896. Maranui School (now Lyall Bay School) opened in February 1909. Progress of the suburb was slow until the City Council opened a tram line extension down Onepu Road to
1288-500: The new facility will reduce wastewater sludge by 60 to 80 percent and reduce carbon emissions created by the treatment process by 60 percent. In June 2024, the Council announced that the treatment plant would be given a Māori name that references waste water: Te Whare Wai Para Nuku. The facility is projected to open in 2026. Wellington City Council operates an animal shelter located on the south coast adjacent to Moa Point. The facility
1334-522: The northern region, Piha Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1934 and as such is the oldest club on Auckland's west coast and is the home of Piha Rescue . Soon after the New Zealand clubs were formed, rivalry began to take place which created the forming of competition between the clubs and regions. By early 1912 competitions were being organised by Wellington's Maranui Club, with male members competing in squads of eight. The competitions consisted of
1380-469: The old one built in 1957. The new building has space for club activities and storage as well as toilets, changing rooms and outdoor showers and taps for public use. Maranui SLSC's building was built in 1930 to replace an earlier building. It has been altered over the years and in 2005 Maranui cafe opened on the top floor. The building was destroyed by fire in August 2006, and then rebuilt. Volunteers from
1426-414: The patrol season on a volunteer basis. In New South Wales the season coincides with the beginning of the September school holidays and finishes on ANZAC Day . They also provide year-round on-call volunteer rescue services in most areas known as Support Services. Lifesavers are distinguished in Australia from paid lifeguards which are generally employed by the relevant Local Government authority and patrol
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1472-442: The promontory that existed there is now under the airport. Little blue penguins nest along Wellington's south coast, including at Moa Point where nesting boxes have been provided by Forest and Bird under their 'Places for Penguins' project. Hue te Taka peninsula is a rocky platform about 500m long extending from Moa Point which becomes an island at high tide. It is home to penguins and many species of native plants. Moa Point
1518-417: The relaxing of laws prohibiting daylight bathing on Australian beaches. Volunteer groups of men were trained in life saving methods and patrolled the beaches as lifesavers looking after public safety. There had been some debate between Manly Life Saving Club , Bronte Surf Lifesaving Club and Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club as to which was formed first. After a panel of SLSA historians reviewed all
1564-477: The removal of material from the beach and the construction of the breakwater at the airport end which had changed the currents in the bay. The Council countered that sand and gravel was removed carefully and that the erosion was a natural process. Residents at the eastern end of the bay where there was no seawall also suffered from sand drifting across the road, so in 1975 the Council built a seawall eastwards from Onepu Road. From 1990, Wellington City Council began
1610-681: The runway has not been extended and the reef has not been built. Lyall Bay is home to two surf lifesaving clubs: the Lyall Bay Surf Lifesaving Club and the Maranui Surf Lifesaving Club . Lyall Bay Surf and Lifesaving Club was formed in 1910 but after a dispute between members a group split off in October 1911 to form the Maranui club. In 2021 the Lyall Bay club opened a new clubhouse to replace
1656-529: The sand in place. In 1932 the Council built the distinctive 'whirler' sea wall along the beach. It was designed to blow sand back on to the beach instead of over the road. Sand and gravel built up on the beach during 1939, and from the 1940s until the 1960s Wellington City Council paid contractors to remove it. The beach became severely eroded, with the level of the beach at the surf lifesaving clubhouses about 3 ft (1m) lower in 1961 than it had been previously and no beach remaining at high tide. Residents blamed
1702-468: The spoil pushed into Lyall Bay. In total about a third of the bay was reclaimed for the airport, which opened in 1959. People have enjoyed surfing at Lyall Bay for over a century. Surfing was popularised when Duke Paoa Kahanamoku from Hawaii visited Lyall Bay in March 1915 and demonstrated surfing to a large crowd. The eastern end of the beach is known as Surfers Corner, and the surf break at that end of
1748-819: The sport is increasingly developed, with Italy, Spain and Germany particularly strong and the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland developing rapidly. Surf life saving clubs regularly hold surf carnivals where clubs compete with each other in a range of beach- and rescue-oriented events including combined swimming and running, surf ski and surf boat races. The youth arm of the clubs is known as Nippers , and holds similar events. The various events involve elements of surf swimming, board riding, sand running, mock rescues using rowed surf boats, and paddling special kayak -like surf skis . Some events are for individuals, but many are team events. Individual surf lifesaving events include: Individual surf life saving clubs compete at
1794-456: The state and national levels at the annual State Championships and Australian Surf Life Saving Championships where around 450 events are run over nine days of competition with over 6,000 competitors from around Australia and internationally. Surf lifesaving in Australia is well-developed as both a voluntary lifesaver service and as a competitive sport. There are 314 surf lifesaving clubs in Australia that collectively patrol over 400 beaches. In
1840-451: The sun. Support Operations Lifesavers are required to wear the appropriate functional attire. This includes wetsuits for RWC (Rescue Water Craft) drivers, JRB/ ORB (jet and offshore rescue boat) crew and high visibility tabards for Duty Officers who liaise with other emergency services at major incidents. The crews of various Lifesaver helicopter services over the country wear appropriate aviation equipment. Each surf life saving club also has
1886-462: The volume of wastewater coming in sometimes gets too high and the plant may need to discharge partly treated sewage into the ocean. If this happens warning notices are displayed at Moa Point and Lyall Bay and are notified online. In May 2021, Wellington City Council approved a 10 year plan that included expenditure of $ 2.7 billion on water pipe maintenance and upgrades in Wellington city, and an additional $ 147 to $ 208 million for plant upgrades at
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1932-409: Was Kiama Surf Bather's Club, founded in 1908. The first New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Clubs began in the years 1909 to 1910 leading off with: Castlecliff (Wanganui), Lyall Bay (Wellington), New Brighton (Christchurch) and Worser Bay (Wellington). Within the next few years other clubs started forming around five regions: Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne/Napier/New Plymouth and Wanganui. In
1978-444: Was $ 39,600, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 549 people (25.0%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,263 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 321 (14.6%) were part-time, and 78 (3.6%) were unemployed. Lyall Bay School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of 324 as of August 2024. Surf lifesaving Surf lifesaving
2024-467: Was 27.7, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.2% had no religion, 31.6% were Christian , 0.8% had Māori religious beliefs , 4.8% were Hindu , 1.7% were Muslim , 1.0% were Buddhist and 3.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 831 (37.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 279 (12.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income
2070-465: Was constructed in 1968, and provides temporary shelter for a wide range of animals, mostly impounded and stray dogs, but also including wild birds and escaped domestic animals such as pigs. Lyall Bay Lyall Bay is a bay and suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington , New Zealand. The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It
2116-580: Was the surf bathers of Bondi who first organised themselves as a formal club in February 1907.” The Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club was officially established on 21 February 1907, at the Royal Hotel in Bondi - as was recorded in the newspaper The East Sydney Argus , and in the Waverley Council minutes acknowledging receipt of a letter from the newly formed group. On 10 October 1907,
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