Author Archives: hoetonga

Maritime Safety -Trying to locate or contact double hull Waka “Nuku Tai Ao”

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 URGENT
 We are urgently trying to locate the double hull Waka “Nuku Tai Ao” which departed Wellington 1st bound for Waitangi.
 If you are in contact with anyone onboard this vessel please ask them to contact Maritime Radio VHF CHL 16 or The NZ Maritime Operations Centre 0800     MARITIME (0800 627 484) 

Nga mihi
Raukawa Comerford
NZ Maritime Operations Centre
0800 MARITIME
Fax: 04 914 8334
email – maritime@kordia.co.nz

Hoe Tonga Secondary School Waka Ama Sprints

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Below you can find an Information Pack compiled for Hoe Tonga Secondary School Sprints planned for Saturday 5 March 2011, postponement date Sunday 6 March.
Registrations open: 31 January 2011 and close 24 February 2011
This information has been diseminated to Sports Coordinators in Wellington Secondary Schools by College Sport Wellington and it is hoped that your clubs can assist in the preparation of teams and Secondary Schools who have students who wish to take part in this event.
NKOA (Nga Kaihoe o Aotearoa) is holding the 10th  National Secondary School Waka Ama Sprint event in Rotorua at the end of March and additional information regarding this event can be found www.wakaama.co.nz and this is what our regional paddlers will be preparing for.
Volunteers are encouraged to assist with the running of this event and a form is attached to be completed if you have an interest in this area.
Hoe Tonga acknowledges and thanks those clubs who already have built strong relationships with schools in our region and urge others to assist where possible to encourage the growth and development of our rangatahi.

Masters Games – Whanganui 2011

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Take up the challenge of paddling on the Whanganui River as Waka Ama makes its debut at the New Zealand Masters Games for the second time in over 10 years.

VENUE: Whanganui River, Union Boat Club, Taupo Quay
DATE: Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th February 2011
EVENTS: Men, Women and Mixed events
DISTANCE: 500m, 1000m, 2000m, 5000m distances
CATEGORIES: W1 and W6
AGE: 35+ and 45+ age divisions (as at 13th February 2011)
COST: $55.00 Masters Games registration plus $20.00 race fee
Email your interest and assistance with registration by 7th Feb to mgwaka@gmail.com

Notice to Wellington Harbour users: North Island Water Ski Championships, Petone, 26/27February

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From: Wellington Water Ski Club wellingtonwaterskiclub@gmail.com

Advance notice of the North Island Water Ski Racing Championships being held February 26 and 27 at Petone. We have applied for a harbor closure to set the course in the usual position, a triangle of water with the back straight between the Petone wharf and the motorway BP. Should a southerly shift us to Evans bay we will set out an alternate course, with it’s base at the airport and the apex off shelly bay. It is described graphically in the application,  a document we are happy to share should you request a copy.

It is a showcase for ski racing in Wellington, so I encourage you to come down to the club and get a view one of our endurance activities on the water.

Lockie Stewart
President
Wellington Water Ski Club
http://www.huttcity.com/waterski-club

Nationals 2011- Go hard!

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Tena Koutou Katoa,

Good luck to all of you dedicated and enthusiastic paddlers who have been training hard over Christmas and New Year. I wish you well and look forward to seeing our regional results. Have a safe journey and enjoy the fantastic atmosphere and competition this event offers to all paddlers in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

noho ora mai, Chris Fox

new race calendar functionality on this website

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check out the following:

1.  on the left you can see the regional calendar showing all races happening in the region only. Click on a race to see some basic info (where, who organises it). To add your race, send an email with details to hoetonga@gmail.com.

2. on the right hand side of the bar at the top  you can access a “race calendar” page. This calendar shows all regional races AND races happening elsewhere. This “google” calendar is linked to the calendar on http://www.wakaama.co.nz, so when a race is added by NKOA ii automatically shows up here.

Hoe Tonga

Welly Paddlers Series Race 5, 19 Dec, at Petone

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It’s been 4 weeks too long since our last race, this has been due to us working around many events, in a number of the paddling Sports.

December 19 sees us head out to the Esplanade, Petone (opposite Cuba Street) for the race around Matiu (Somes) Island and back it’s distance of 8.2 km and the start time is 10 am……………registration will be from 9.15 am.

Race briefing 9.50 am

The Wind forecast is for 19 kph to 30 kph Northerly winds which looks promising.

If the weather kicks up too much we will have an alternate course likely to be from the Wellington Waterski club along the foreshore up the Hutt River to the Seaview bridge and back again…………….or any other configuration that matches the water conditions on the day.

Entry fee:
$ 5 singles
$8 doubles
$12 sixes

It is an open water course and it is recommended that you either wear or carry a buoyancy vest.

Other safety equipment like spray skirts, leg leashes, paddle floats, pumps, bailers, flares, cellphones UHF radios are all equipment that you can also carry and may save your bacon one day.
We expect that you carry the appropriate equipment for your craft and that you are able to roll if you capcise your kayak or have the ability to self rescue (using a paddle float) first and foremost.
There won’t be any motorised race safety boats on the course.

We will be setting an “easy to manage” course on the day, paddlers are free to choose whether they are able to race the course that we set.

www.wellypaddlers.blogspot.com for an update on the Race Calendar, also photos and results from the Greta Point Twilight Kayak Series.

For all our events we post the wind forecast 4 days out from each race on our website.

The schedule for the second half of the Welly Paddlers Series was also posted on our Events calendar early last week.
Chester