Tuawhitu - Waka Kōrero - Waka Ama NZ Newsletter - Māehe 🌍

Some light reading and waka ama news during this lockdown! Check out the 7th edition of our Waka Ama NZ Newsletter - Waka Kōrero. Subscribe now to get the newsletter straight to your inbox!!

March monthly members prize draw

Two of our amazing Equipment Suppliers have donated prizes for this months draw, thank you to Eat Me Supplements and Day Two Ltd.

POSTPONED: IceBreaker Challenge

20th IceBreaker scheduled for 30th May is now postponed to 2021.

Cancelled: Whaingaroa Hoe

The Whaingaroa Hoe scheduled for the 9th May has been cancelled.

Waka Ama NZ COVID-19 Update

Further to our original information regarding the COVID alert status moving to Level 4 at midnight tonight and Aotearoa NZ now being in a State of Emergency, we are now advising that all waka ama paddlers stay off the water and your waka for the next four weeks. Please stay home. We know how hard that will be for a lot of our waka ama whānau, as the water and our waka are safe spaces for us all. But in the current conditions and with emergency and medical services under stress... please adhere to all government directions and stay home.

Trans Tasman Gubbi Gubbi Waka Ama Regatta 2020 - CANCELLED

Due to global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association (AOCRA) in conjunction with its Zone Leaders have come to the difficult and mutual decision to cancel all events until 30 September 2020. This includes the Trans Tasman Gubbi Gubbi

Waka Ama NZ COVID 19 UPDATE - 23 MARCH 2020

As you will be aware the prime minister has announced an immediate lift in the Covid-19 alert status from level two to level three, with a lift to level four in 48 hours. It will stay that way for at least four weeks. This will have a significant impact on our waka ama whānau but for the safety of yourself, your whānau and wider community we are advising all our waka ama whānau to stay home and to cancel all club and team trainings/events for the next four weeks.

POSTPONED: Hauraki Series 2020 - Race 4 Te Puru

A future date will be confirmed once the current situation allows

CANCELLED: M2M Race

Due to the current situation, this race has been cancelled

POSTPONED: Taupo Te Wheke Challenge

Due to the current situation, our club is postponing Taupo Te Wheke Challenge. We will wait for things to change before deciding on a future date.

CANCELLED: Hoe Matariki 2020

On behalf of the club we would like to let paddlers know that after much korero and consideration, we have decided to cancel the event for 2020

2020 IVF World Sprints - Hilo, Hawaii - CANCELLATION

Due to global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Va’a Federation (IVF) and Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association (HCRA) have come to the difficult and mutual decision to cancel the 2020 IVF World Elite and Club Sprint Championships scheduled for Hilo, Hawaii, in August 2020. Follow the link for more information

AROCA Long Distance Championships RESULTS

Attached final results and letter

CANCELLATION: Hoea Ki Mokoia Race

After a lot of consideration the committee have decided to cancel Hoea Ki Mokoia Races

CANCELLED Manukau Midget/Intermediate Ramp Series Race 1

We have made the decision to cancel our Midget/Intermediate regatta on 29th March as precautionary due to the Covid 19 pandemic

Advice to Waka Ama Regions, Clubs and Paddlers in relation to COVID-19 _ 19th March 2020

As we navigate our way through these challenging times, Waka Ama New Zealand has prepared the following advice for our member Regions, Clubs, and paddlers. Please note this notice is based on the information we have available to us at this time. We will update this as more information comes available and / or when the Government or Ministry of Health updates its advice.

CANCELLED - TTPCA Regional Long Distance Championships 4th/5th April

After consideration of the risks posed by COVID19 we have decided to cancel our event.

Hauraki Series Race 3 Waihi - Results

Club points table and results for the Waihi Regatta are attached

CANCELLED Pakuranga OCC Hard N Fast Winter Blast Race 1

Our executive committee have decided to cancel the first Hard N Fast regatta scheduled for April 11th. This decision was made directly in response to the severity of the Covid-19 virus. We will advise the status of the remaining regattas in the series at a later date.

Omokoroa Dash Results 2020 update

Omokoroa put on another amazing day for Tauranga Moana Outrigger Canoe club's Omokoroa Dash regatta. Great weather, great people and great racing was enjoyed by all. As always Omokoroa proves to be an awesome event for the whanau with entire whanau racing in the 5km race. Spot prizes were handed out to random paddlers and those paddlers who put on some great sprint performances to the finish line.