Among the leading performers was St Clair youngster Charlotte Aburn.
The St Hilda’s Collegiate pupil won gold medals in both the under-17 female run swim run and the board race, and added silver in the surf race.
Aburn, who won two national under-15 titles as a Brighton athlete last year, was also named joint winner of the best under-17 female athlete alongside Alyssa Tapper (Whangamata).
Jackson Boyd (St Kilda) won gold in the under-17 male beach sprints at Mt Maunganui.
The Warrington club had stunning success in the surf canoe crew races.
They won gold in both the open female and under-19 grades in both the long course and short course events.
Isabella Aldrich, Madelene Ozanne, Madison Lobb and Phoebe Ozanne formed the champion open female crew, and Annie Boyle, Jemimah McIlroy, Sophie Boyle and Sophie Hoexum were the champion under-19 crew.
Warrington also pocketed three golds and two silvers in masters crew racing.
Naomi Ingram, Tricia McNaughton and Carol Forbes teamed with Rachel Ozanne to win gold in the canoe and joined Karyn Becconsall-Ryan to win gold in the beach relay, and Mark Hastie, Ken McHoull, Jerard McHoull and Wayne Faasega won gold in the men’s canoe.
Forbes (55-59 masters) and Karyn Becconsall-Ryan (50-54 masters) won silvers in beach sprint.
Otago Nuggets coach Brent Matehaere teamed with St Clair clubmates Lachie Cameron, Graeme Newton and Murray Haig to win gold in the 240+ masters male short course surf canoe.
St Clair also won the 90-119 masters male surf teams race (Isaac Davies, Danny Blair, Richard Murray), and the 90-119 masters male taplin relay (Davies, Blair, Newton), while Newton (gold in ski race) and Davies (silvers in board race and iron, bronze in beach sprints) won individual medals.
Dave McPhee flew the flag for the Brighton club by winning gold in both the beach sprint and the beach flags in the 75-plus masters male grade.
Home advantage helped Mt Maunganui claim the Allan Gardner Memorial Trophy for best overall club. Warrington were 13th.
"I think the region really stepped up," he said.
"They went up to the Mount’s main beach and put in a good showing across the board.
"Warrington really stood out in the canoe arena, and Charlotte Aburn is stepping up as an athlete to be reckoned with on the national stage."
Attention now turns to the New Zealand IRB championships at Waikouaiti this weekend.
"That’s always a huge event with lots of crews coming down from the North Island," Matehaere said.
"It’s going to be an absolute spectacle out there — surf life-savers operating at their fastest."
