Family Finds Remains of a Traditional MāOri Canoe on an Island, Experts Say It Was Used for Fishing and River Travel ...

A whānau swept the medals at the recent Waka Ama National Sprints competition. Concluding last Saturday, the competition drew ...

Horouta paddler Akayshia Williams is Aotearoa’s waka ama sprint queen after completing the 500-metre/250m double at Lake Karapiro this week. She won the premier women’s W1 250-metre dash at the Waka ...

While walking near a dune on New Zealand's Chatham Island, a family noticed wood sticking out of the sand — which turned out to be a traditional Moriori canoe known as a waka.

In a remarkable twist of fate, a family on Chatham Island, New Zealand, stumbled upon the fragmented remains of a traditional Moriori canoe, known as a waka. The discovery, made while walking near a ...

Horouta paddler Hine Brooking also completed the sprint double when she won the J19 women’s dash over 250m. Her time of 1:10.73 was 1.51s faster than that of runner-up Abigail Liufalani of Pineula.

Para va'a is an adaptive version of waka ama, globally known as outrigger canoe. It was introduced as a Paralympic sport in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games in 2021. Cowan, of Māori-Samoan descent, has ...

On the podium proudly wearing their medals are the top three in the premier women's W1 250m dash at the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals (from left) Rose King (Nga Hoe Horo Outrigger Canoe Club ...

Two other Tairāwhiti paddlers were in the final – Keri Ngatoro of Horouta was seventh in 2:38.37 and Shontelle McLean of Mareikura Waka Ama Club was eighth in 2:40.93. Tarawera Outrigger Canoe Club ...

Akayshia Williams has won her seventh premier women’s 500m title at the Waka Ama NZ sprint nationals at Lake Karāpiro. In ...