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 Nga mihi o te tau hou! Happy New Year! With the sighting of nga Matariki and the appropriate karakia on the late evening and again in the early morning, a young shoot was planted, a small stone placed, the waters flowed and the whanau came together to sing, to talk, to work and to pay respects.
Kia Ora Whanau --
I have a simple question - how many of you think Maori TV's "Mitre 10 Marae DIY" show is one of the best on the box? Well, my whanau seem to think so, and even more so after undergoing the challenge to DIY our own marae.
 It was late last year when our whanau submitted a proposal to be a part of the next round of taping for the very popular show. The proposal required the whanau to pool our skills and resources, and to work in coordination with the design team and camera crew in completing a "marae makeover". Our marae is Tanatana, sitting in the
revered Waimana Valley. Our wharenui is Te Poho o Tuhoe and the wharekai is Karetehe. The Tauranga River flows from Maungapohatu through Waimana and it is here where my mum is from. She is the daughter of Koro Rangiora and Nanny Cissy Rakuraku and its here where I played in the haybarn with the first cousins as a young one, almost crashed the tractor as a teen and have come to appreciate moreso as an adult.
 As a whanau-hapu, we had been coming together for wananga, discussing whakapapa, whenua, land matters, youth activities and even the Kyoto Protocols. It was into this setting of activity that a call was received - would we be ready to host the Marae DIY team in July? With great enthusiasm, we said "yes" and with great determination, set about making our dreams come true.
Uncle Junior started with earnest, making the necessary first moves. Aunty Marie and Aunty Ngaire connected the whanau from home and abroad, while those online sent messages of commitment and support. As the countdown ran from months to weeks, coordination, appeals and requests increased. There were plans, updated plans, and amended plans. The design team wished to incorporate flow and form, our whanau wanted to accentuate all that was Tanatana, all that was Waimana, all that was Tuhoe.
 Arriving early always helps. The taping started on Thursday afternoon, with the build starting straight after. Whanau arrived early, doing any job to contribute to the whole. Getting fire wood for the burner, gathering kai, preparing photos, reciting karakia, giving thanks. Many arrived Wednesday and were briefed, with more arriving early Thursday. From Wellington, from Hamilton, from Ruatoki, from Rotorua and even from Australia, the whanau came. With one great big "TIMATA", our Marae DIY journey had begun.
 First, our three kuia, Nanny Haupai, Nanny Moehau and Nanny Mira were interviewed and taken for their own makeover - it would be they who would see the results of the completed project. The DIY crew went over the work schedule with those gathered in the wharekai and then, everyone went to work. Our wharenui was being repainted, insulated, having a solar heating system installed, a new door cut, beds were being built into the wall and Koro Rangi's photos were being cleaned. The wharekai was to receive new ceiling panels and a paint, an inside paint job, new benchtops and cupboards and an extended storeroom. There was even talk of a new Zip. The wharepaku was getting a new sink-bench, a clean and a paint.
 There were visions of a garden which told the uniting story of Tuhoe, a water feature that resembled our flowing descent from Maungapohatu and a Waharoa which would mark the new entrance onto the marae and halve the once-epic walking distance from the old gate. A Manuhiri shelter was proposed, with a small garden of rongoa plants along the back fence line. The roof over the paepae would be extended and the wooden tupuna who held the church bell would be re-painted. We heard all this and laughed at each other, knowing that we had lots to do and little time to do it.
We arose to an early marning karakia, then joined some of the whanau for breakfast. Here I met Uncle Muck and talked about the 11 cars which had joined us from Manu Ariki the night before. Koro Alec Philips had sent some of his whanau to help us in our physical and spiritual journey. We talked over porridge and toast and looked toward the work ahead. A karakia was said to bless our effort and to protect the hundreds of people who would work over the coming 3 days.
 To be honest, I don't think I could do the entire effort justice if I were to write about it here. So many people, so many jobs - it was intense, exhausting but totally rewarding. Hanging out with the cousins, talking with the aunties, working with the uncles, making new friends. Lauging with the Koro's and Nanny's (especially Koro Jay) and being able to sit and talk with Koro Rangi - man, too much. All I can say is watch out for the upcoming new series of Mitre 10 Marae DIY on Maori TV, starting in November. I heard there were 6 other whanau whose Marae DIY efforts were filmed, so it promises to be a great series.
There are many people to thank, because as brother Che Fu say "many hands make light work", so thanks to you all. To the amazing committee, the whanau who live in Waimana, the whanau who joined and helped, the businesses who contributed, the teams of Hula Haka, Mitre 10 and Maori TV, many many thanks and deep blessings.
Amongst some of the whakairo made for the marae, this whakatauki came to symbolise the focus for the day and acted as guide for our efforts:
Kotahi te Reo
Kotahi te Iwi
Kotahi te Wairua
If you ever get the chance to apply or to be involved in the Marae DIY programme, we highly encourage you too. It's the best kaupapa, has many positive outcomes and gets the whanau working and talking together. You might even get on tv. Remember, any reason to be with the whanau,  to sleep in your wharenui as your tupuna did before you and to watch the sun rise and set over your own turangawaewae should be uniquely cherished. And isn't it an awesome way to start a New Year! Mauri Ora!!
Potaua, Nikolasa & Atutahi
RANGIKAINGA 2006
Our new Tangata Whenua.com Forum is open. New events, current events, we have talked about the politicians and powhiri, are talking about the use of haka by an Italian car company and are about to talk on the new Waka Umanga structure. Interested? Click here to read and to share your thoughts.
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 RANGIKAINGA would like to
congratulate
North Shore academic Mihi Ratima and her whanau. Dr Ratima will be learning from some of the best international minds at Harvard next month after receiving the Harkness Fellowship.
Dr Ratima is the director of The Auckland University of Technology Centre for Maori Health Research based at the Akoranga Campus in Northcote.
Dr Ratima is one of two New Zealanders to receive the fellowship and she will be based at The Harvard School of Medicine's Centre for Excellence in Women's Health Research in Boston.
The Harkness Fellowship is awarded to promising mid-career health policy researchers to undertake a United States based project, which is relevant to New Zealand and the US.
The fellowship is worth up to $95,000 US to cover airfares, a monthly salary and research costs.
Dr Ratima says she will focus on obesity prevention among indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in the US. "My work will focus on how to improve interventions that prevent obesity at the primary health care level, such as GP services," she says.
At the end of her fellowship Dr Ratima is expected to publish a paper on her findings and give presentations both here and in the US. It is not the first time Dr Ratima has travelled overseas for health research. In 1999, she was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship to work with the Native American Diabetes Project at the University of New Mexico. Kia ora to the North Shore Times for this panui.
A final reminder that the National Hui for Maori in allied health professions will be held from
11 to 13 August 2006. The theme for the hui is "Strengthening Maori Health" and will be held at
Pukaki Marae (near Auckland Airport). Click here for more detailed information.
Or contact Maggie Scott Nicholson, ph: 09 921 9999 extn 9243.
 If you've been watching TV lately you'd have noticed the Get Ready Get Thru ads (if you haven't seen them, click here to view).
If you haven't worked out your whanau's emergency plan, now is the time to do so! Remember during Hurricane Katrina, in the US, one of the richest countries in the world, the country simply could not cope. Here in Aotearoa we face similar issues, we can't simply wait for help to arrive, we have to help ourselves and therefore, we've got to be the first line of
defence
in an emergency. Due to its location and environment, Aotearoa New Zealand
faces many potential disasters. An earthquake or a
tsunami close to land  could strike without warning.
So it's vital that you prepare now. This website will
show you " how to get ready, so you'll get through".
Click here for an emergency checksheet and here for an emergency plan.
The Waitakere City Council also has useful Civil Defence emergency management webpage. Remember whanau, you are Civil Defence! |
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 Te Atairangikaahu celebrates her 75th Birthday - Te Atairangikaahu returned home to Ngaruawahia this week to celebrate her 75th Birthday. She is in good health after spending some time in hospital. The RANGIKAINGA whanau would like to offer our best wishes on this happy occasion.
Items from one of Scotland's biggest collections of Maori artefacts are to be repatriated to New Zealand. The Marischal Museum at Aberdeen University is giving up some of its 80,000 Maori exhibits, the BBC said.
 The University is making arrangements to repatriate its collection including nine toi moko (tattooed preserved heads) to Te Papa. The toi moko have been in the collection of the University's Marischal Museum for over a century. The earliest record of one being acquired was in 1821, when Lieutenant Reid of the Royal Navy presented a ‘Head of New Zealand warrior in good preservation'. Click here to read a research paper on the use of Toi Moko in Maori Society.
The repatriation procedure includes an expert panel considering a variety of issues such as their history, the status of the people making the request and the importance of the item being requested, before the University Court makes a decision. The University Court has now agreed to the Panel's unanimous recommendation that the toi moko be repatriated to the care of Te Papa.
Te Papa will now care for the toi moko according to protocols established with Maori elders. They will also undertake research into their history and provenance.
Facial tattooing is an important element of traditional Maori life, with complex and beautiful tattoos showing identity and status. Traditionally, after death the heads of revered ancestors were preserved by their kin. During the early 19th century contact between Maori people and European explorers, traders and colonists led to conflict and disruption of Maori society. This included the growth in a trade of Maori treasures and toi moko. To satisfy this demand, in some cases the heads of slaves were tattooed and sold.
The New Zealand Government, through Te Papa, is now supporting Maori attempts to return all toi moko to their ancestral home, where they can again be treated as the remains of ancestors instead of being curiosities in museums around the world. Click here to read the Aberdeen University's full press release.
 An update on the Kapa Haka Stamp series we highlighted in RANGIKAINGA Issue 8.
According to the NZ Herald, New Zealand Post has admitted that more than 500 of the cartoon-style stamps, depicting Maori in kapa haka stances, were issued by mistake.
Ivor Masters, NZ Post stamps and collectibles general manager, said eight customers had received the stamps before the issue date.
He urged those who ordered the stamps and got them through "human error", to return them to NZ Post.
The stamps, with a face value of 45c and up, are now worth hundreds of dollars apiece. It has been estimated that the price could rise up to $2000 a piece for the stamps. Click here to read the full story.
 The rain that fell on the appreciative crowd was a good tohu (sign) according to Nga Mana Toopu spokesman Wiremu Puke who officially opened Hamilton's Te Parapara Garden, a pre-contact Maori garden. Stage one, a beautifully carved gateway is now complete. The garden, which will cost $2 million to construct, is scheduled for completion in 2008 and aims to recreate traditional indigenous garden features and carved structures that existed along the Waikato River during the mid-1800s.
According to Mary Ann Gill of the Waikato Times, "the gateway symbolises the passing through from the current to the traditional world and is based on the story of a chief who went into the spiritual world to find his wife who had been kidnapped. Te Parapara takes its name from an ancient pa that existed by the river not far from the Hamilton site."
Raising the funds to complete the next stages of the garden is the next
challenge
that Te Parapara Garden Trust face. Trustees Anaru Thompson, Margaret Evans, Mavora Hamilton, John Gallagher, Hekeiterangi Broadhurst, Dave Samuels, and kaumatua Hare Puke will work with Wel Energy Trust, a key sponsor, to work on the next stages.
Kia kaha in their efforts and if in Hamilton whanau, get along and take a look.
Maori Television would like to highlight their programmes for Te Wiki o te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week).
Click here to read their panui.
- Korero Mai:
Mondays to Fridays at 10.30am
- Looking to improve your Maori language skills? Want to hear the language in everyday action with correct pronunciations and meanings? If so, tune in on weekday mornings to Maori Television for the award winning Maori language education series Korero Mai.
- He Whare Korero:
Wednesday July 26 at 8.30pm
- A three-part documentary looking at the renaissance of the Maori language presented by eminent Tuhoe academic, Dr Timoti Karetu.
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends:
Thursday July 27 at 4.30pm
- Miss Spider is the nicest biggie in Sunny Patch. The woodsy wonderland where she lives with her husband Holly is filled with an incredible assortment of hoppers, flyers and crawlers. The coolest new tamariki show reversioned into the Maori language.
- Toi Whakari - Tamaki:
Weekdays Friday July 21 - Friday August 11 at 5.30pm
- Toi Whakari: Tamaki captures the drama and action of live kapa haka at the Tamaki Makaurau regional kapa haka competition in Auckland.
- Flight of the Albatross:
Saturday July 29 at 9.00pm
- Taungaroa Emile stars as a young Maori delinquent who discovers love on an idyllic Hauraki island. Reversioned into the Maori language.
 A Reminder: COGS funding applications close 28 July.
Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) was set
up to provide essential support to not-for-profit,
voluntary and community organisations. Most grants
are for $3000 or less, and contribute to ongoing
running costs (eg rent, travel, volunteer and
administration), to hosting hui, fono or community
workshops, or toward project development costs.
Applications can be made online or on paper. Thanks to CommunityNet
Aotearoa Panui, July 2006.
 Mo Tatou – The Ngai Tahu Whanui Exhibition, an exhibition that tells the story of the distinct and dynamic culture of the South Island's Ngai Tahu people opened on Saturday 8 July 2006 at Te Papa. Developed in partnership with Ngai Tahu, the exhibition celebrates the past and present, and invites visitors to learn about Ngai Tahu values, and share their vision for the future through taonga, photographs, audiovisual displays, and art.
After eighteen months in development, Mo Tatou was officially opened at a solemn dawn ceremony. Over 1,500 Ngai Tahu representatives and whanau
travelled
from all over New Zealand to be welcomed onto Te Papa's marae.
 We've had the opportunity to view this exhibition and were very impressed by the thought that went into it. As you enter you are
greeted
by a beautiful piece of pounamu as well as a multimedia display which provides viewers with Ngai Tahu's creation story. As you walk past precious taonga you step over whenua from throughout Te Waka a Aorangi (the South Island). The displays are both interactive and represent traditional and contemporary expressions of Ngai Tahu. The 3 video-documentary playing to the right of the mokihi (raupo boat) are a must see. The exhibition will be on for the next few years but that is no reason to put it off, go now so that you may return again and again. Click here to
hear Piri Sciascia discuss this exhibition with Kim Hill (16mins).
 Matariki 2006 - Nga Toi Matariki will be celebrated between 13 July and 20 August at
the Corban Estate Arts Centre in Henderson. In conjunction with the annual Matariki Festival, a selected group of local Maori artists have been invited to take part in an exhibition that features weaving, carving, painting and mixed media artwork. In addition, graphic designer, Warren Pohatu will exhibit his work using the celebration of Matariki and the strong relationship with the animal kingdom as themes. For more information email Corban Estate Arts Centre, ph: 09 838 4455 or
fax: 09 838 4488.
 Hei Konei Mai - We'll Meet Again is an exhibition of the stories, people and places of Aotearoa New Zealand which will be the final collection exhibition in the Grey and Mackelvie galleries before redevelopment and expansion takes place. This exhibit shows until 17 December 2006 at the Auckland Art Gallery. Contact details are as follows: Email, ph:
09 307 7700, fax: 09 302 1096 
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We wanted to share a interesting perspective that was posted on TangataWhenua.com's Online Forum. We posed the question, "What does Telecom's unbundling mean for Maori?" and received this response:
 "Personally I think that it gives us an opportunity to showcase all that is positive about our culture and way of life to a global audience. With unbundling comes a virtual tidal wave of technological opportunity for our people but only if we are prepared. If we look at international trends, sites like Myspace.com and Youtube.com have awesome initiatives that could benefit our people and help us to showcase our skills to the world. If we embrace this opportunity, we as a people can for the first time be the ones holding the purse strings instead of the government. History has shown that our people are naturally entrepreneurial and unbundling is simply an avenue for us to take full advantage of without all the whakama that other pathways present."
"Unbundling is a big green light for us to take care of business. Imagine Tangata Whenua.com with interactive video based forums, real time video for wananga, online video archives, interactive online presentations/lectures.... and that's just the tip of the iceberg!
Unbundling...kia mau te wero!"
Kia ora to this member for raising such important points, whanau, what do you think? Click here to add your comments.
Yvonne Tahana of the Waikato Times reported that "the Crown Law Office is under pressure to settle a Coromandel iwi foreshore and seabed claim by the end of the year. Last year Ngati Porou ki Hauraki applied to have its territorial customary rights recognised under the Foreshore and Seabed Act. Because of its small size, it covers just two coastal bays on the peninsula, it could be the first in the country to have its rights recognised.
Crown lead negotiator Lorraine Skiffington had hoped to be in court by the middle of the year but illness had slowed the process.
However, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen wanted the issue settled quickly.
Groups claiming territorial customary rights had to prove continuous use and contiguous ownership of foreshore land since 1840.
Ms Skiffington said any resolution would probably be in terms of some form of management rights, in relation with a local authority, over a particular area.
The first organisation to go through the process would provide a blueprint for other iwi, although all negotiations were different.
Ngati Porou ki Hauraki lawyer John Kahukiwa said the iwi had yet to discuss what it wanted from the process other than recognition of what rights had been abolished. "If it wasn't for that act passing then the way in which Ngati Porou (ki Hauraki) have conducted themselves on that land would not have changed because you'd go on and do what you've always done."
 The Minister of Fisheries has agreed to renew the temporary closure of green-lipped mussel beds in Ohiwa Harbour, Bay of Plenty for a further two-year period. This provides statutory support for a local traditional rahui over the area. "The Ohiwa mussel beds are an important resource for the people of Te Runanga O Ngati Awa and Upokorehe Hapu of Whakatohea." Jim Anderton says. "These beds have become depleted in recent years, and this has affected the ability of tangata whenua to take these shellfish for customary purposes." The previous closure on taking green-lipped mussels from Ohiwa Harbour ran between December 2003 and December 2005, and was established under section 186A of the Fisheries Act.
 However, the harbour's mussel beds are still depleted and have not yet recovered to a level where harvest would be sustainable. So the people of Te Runanga O Ngati Awa and Upokorehe Hapu of Whakatohea extended their traditional rahui over harvesting green-lipped mussels in the harbour, and asked the Minister of Fisheries to renew the government's 'section 186A' temporary closure.
The Minister of Fisheries has agreed to renew this closure, providing statutory support for the traditional rahui. The closure takes effects from 21 July 2006 and continues for two years.
The closure is widely supported by local iwi and the wider community, and is unlikely to significantly affect the rights of customary, recreational or commercial fishers in the area.
Click here to read the full press release.
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 Whanau, a reminder that it's your last chance to take part in Maori Electoral Option as time is almost up! The Option closes on Wednesday 2 August 2006.
Pio Terei, who has featured
in the television and radio advertisements says "We have the chance now to choose whether to be enrolled on the General Roll or the Maori Roll. It's really easy and I encourage Maori to find out about it if they haven't already".
Enrolment forms are available by freetexting your name and address to 3676, calling 0800 ENROL NOW (0800 36 76 56) or by going to any PostShop. People can also enrol or update their details online at www.elections.org.nz. There are still over 4000 enrollments that need to be completed if there is to be another Maori seat.
There will be a Nga Marae Toopu Hui-a-Iwi (click on panui) held on 30 July at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. The kaupapa of the hui is to re-affirm the institution of Nga Marae Toopu under the mana and direction of Te Arikinui and to further enshrine the spiritual components of mana atua, mana wairua and mana tangata as foundation principles to the success of Nga Marae Toopu. For further information contact:
Regina Hemopo,
ph: 07 828 9695.
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A 5-day, Child Protection Studies Programme, for persons working with children and young people will be held from 31 July - 4 August in Hastings. Enrolments and sponsorship applications are available. For more info email or ph: 07 838 3370.
 Job vacancies at Te Reo Rangatira ki Whaiora Kohanga Reo in Otara, Manukau City, for kaitautoko, ringawera and kaiawhina are available due to an increased roll. For more details, appointment dates and further information contact Anne Leef or Georgina Nathan between 9.15am and 3pm on ph: 09 274 3860.
 A practical genealogy workshop lead by Bruce Ralston will be held on 30 August at Auckland Museum. This practical workshop will provide examples of how family history can be researched and recorded. For more info contact J. Lees by email, ph: 09 306 7048 or fax: 09 306 7065.
According to the Manawatu Standard (Rankin, 20 July) work has finally begun on Palmerston North's new Maori immersion school and preschool, Mana Tamariki, on the Grey Street site previously occupied by UCOL. The group's kura and kohanga reo expect to move to the $1.7 million facility in May next year, about 18 months behind its original target.
Kura principal Toni Waho said he was thrilled the project is "full steam ahead".
He said it has been difficult and frustrating finding a path through delays that have thwarted the development since children from the school buried taonga (treasures) at the site in May last year in anticipation of a start on siteworks.
The Education Ministry is paying for the buildings through two channels, one for schools and one for preschools, and Mr Waho said combining the two under one roof seemed to have caused most of the delays with approvals.
A further ceremony had been held recently to bless the site before builders McMillan and Lockwood moved in last week.
The new buildings are planned to allow the kohanga to grow to a roll of 50, and the kura to a roll of 122, from Year 1 right through to Year 13.
At the moment the preschool takes 20 and the school has 30 pupils.
The 1.7ha site is also expected to accommodate carparking and hard-court surfaces, green field playing space and a community playground.
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 We were listening to the radio this afternoon and by chance happened to hear about Korero Pt England (KPE). KPE is a podcast created by Auckland's Pt England School. They started creating weekly podcasts in December 2005, which are then distributed globally through iTunes Music Store USA. Pt England, is a Decile One school and was the first in New Zealand to syndicate a podcast.
"KPE is all about New Zealand fiction. The students read novels by New Zealand authors and then write book reviews. Students work together in podcasting teams that consist of a reviewer, a DJ and a sound engineer. Each week the school listens to all the podcasts produced and then votes on the one which will be uploaded for syndication."
"During the recording the students might also discuss an aspect of New Zealand life from the books reviewed that might be unfamiliar to an overseas listener. Selected podcasts are uploaded to iTunes by the ICT facilitator. The Pt England students also download KPE episodes to classroom computers and listen to each other's podcasts" (Computer World, 2006).
 The podcasting project, called the Global Village, recently won an Computer World Judge's Choice Award. The Project has also greatly improved students' oral confidence and has changed the face of reading forever. Students are now reading more "New Zealand fiction, and reading comprehension, as well as clarity of writing, has improved too." There are social studies links as well, each morning there are dozens of emails from around the world congratulating the school on its podcasts and the students have begun mapping their listeners. In addition the students have been responsible for creating their own logo, catch phrase and intro tune. Incredible!! Click here for their link to these free podcasts.
The Youth Dialogue Project is part of the Rockrose Institute's World Forum on Justice, Religion and Conflict Resolution. The Rockrose Institute is a charitable organisation that supports, promotes and advances non-violent conflict resolution through education, improved communication and a deeper understanding of justice.
Throughout a year-long program, young people from five countries will learn new ways of transforming debate into collaborative conversation. The Youth Dialogue Project will involve groups of young people from Cyprus, Denmark, the United States, South Africa, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Through videoconferencing and on-line dialogue young people (ages 18-22) will learn and practice skills of inquiry, dialogue and conflict resolution. The Youth Dialogue Project will include monthly meetings from September 2006 through till May 2007, taking in the World Forum on Justice, Religion and Conflict Resolution in San Francisco in February 2007. Speakers will include:
Madeleine Albright,
Juan Mendez
and
Elie Wiesel. For more info click here.
The Rockrose Institute will provide scholarships for the majority of participants. Each scholarship will be worth approximately US$4,000. Every youth member and facilitator will have to "earn" their scholarship by writing up why they are interested in this project, its work and its outcomes and what contribution they want to make.
If you know of any Maori youth who might be interested in this, the NZ contact is: Carwyn Jones, Judicial Support Manager, Waitangi Tribunal/Maori Land Court, 04 914 3071.
Te Whariki o Te Rau Taumata o Matariki will be held at Te Piringatahi o te Maungarongo Marae, Massey on 29 July. Highlights include Te Hikoi a Rohe o Matariki (A Walk Back in Time) and Ear to the Streets Rap Competition with a Matariki theme, the powhiri will be held at 4.30am. Contact Tyrone for more info -
ph: 021 137 4898.
Auckland City Libraries invites all Auckland Secondary schools to participate in the Nga Manu Koroki o Tamaki Pataka Korero Maori Speech Competition which will be held on 26 July 2006 as part of the Wiki o te Reo Maori (Maori language week) celebrations.
This event will start at 9.45am with a whakamoemiti (prayer) and mihi whakatau (speech of welcome), with the speech competition commencing at 10am and finishing approximately at 4pm. |
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Rotorua 54-hole Open Golf Tournament will be held at
Arikikapakapa Golf Course (at Whakarewarewa) between
26 -27 Aug 2006. For more information click here.
 The Waikato Dragon Boat and Waka Ama club invites OC1 and OC2 paddlers to join them in the 20km Hamilton-Ngaruawahia river race on 5th August 2006.
This is a race where you can gain points for your club, to assist them to win $1,000.00, and also win a 1st place prize package for yourself!! For more information click here. Kia ora to WakaAma.co.nz for this panui.
 Waitakere ROC open Women returned this week from 2 weeks of racing in Tahiti. A fantastic experience for all of in attendance and one which will not be forgotten in a hurry. They took part in the Heiva Va'a races which are part of the Heiva Festival that takes place during the month of July every year. The event involves V1, V3, V6 and V16 races over 3.5kms and a marathon 21km (Iron) for women and 86km (Changes) for men. Click here to view the rest of this great wrap up.
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