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Meet the juniors of the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service and Omanu Lifeguard Service. They're learning the skills to become fully-fledged lifeguards, having fun and making friends along the way. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

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Season 1, Episode 1

G We meet the juniors of the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service. Over summer these kids will train six days a week, with Sunday being the only day off.

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    G We meet the juniors of the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service. Over summer these kids will train six days a week, with Sunday being the only day off.

    G We meet the junior squad's coaches who reveal how they motivate the clubbies. Plus, we watch the juniors do their final preparations for the first surf carnival of the year.

    G The juniors compete in the first surf carnival of the year, the Bay Championships. We find out how they deal with the nerves and pressure of competition.

    G New clubbie Ivan goes surfing with his new lifesaving friends, while Hayley and Tetsani go on a fun girls' trip to Waimarino water park.

    G Niamh has a chance to move closer to realising her dream of being a fully qualified lifeguard when she sits her lifeguard exam.

    G The Junior Oceans Squad are building up to the next surf carnival, the Eastern Regional Championships. Hayley, Niamh and Ivan talk about how they deal with the pressure of competing at carnivals.

    G It's a mixed bag for the squad on the first day of the Eastern Regional Championships in Gisborne. Marley injures his knee, Vinnie and Nick revel in their fierce rivalry, and Piper misses out.

    G It's day two of the Eastern Regional Championships, and the Mount Junior Oceans Squad have ground to make up on their biggest rivals, the Omanu club.

    G It's time for the biggest event of the season - the Oceans Junior Lifesaving National Champs. There are nerves and excitement as our team compete in challenging surf conditions for the first races of the tournament.

    G Oceans Junior Lifesaving National Champs continue. The Mount Maunganui juniors won the overall title last year, but will they be able to repeat the feat?