Surf life-saving is one of many Hawke's Bay organisations dependent on volunteers, and the Cooper family from Napier epitomise the community spirit that keeps the region's beaches safe.
This year, Surf Lifesaving Hawke's Bay's volunteer of the year Leah Cooper takes the award just two years after her mum was given the same accolade.
Over the last year, the 17-year-old from the Pacific Surf-life Saving Club carried out 65 hours on patrol, another 35 hours guarding at events and about 60 hours educating young people and the general public on water safety. She then topped that up with more than 20 hours of fundraising, and generally just "helping out".
So, all up that would have been about 200 hours of voluntary work in the year.
However, some club officials say that was "just scratching the surface" of the time she put in.