Regional
Arorangis big chance
Saturday 19 November 2011 | Published in Regional
In the Lotto premier mens football competition, todays featured game will see Tupapa host Arorangi at Victoria Park kicking off at 4pm. There will be no shortage of football action at Victoria Park as the top side Tupapa head into this match against Arorangi without seven of their key players who are away representing the […]
New sponsor watches waste
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
This year, the WATSAN unit is proud to have the opportunity to provide silver sponsorship to Vaka Eiva 2011. WATSANs key objectives relate to improving waste management practices and raising public awareness of waste management issues. We are setting the pathway for our future to ensure our lagoon is healthy and a sustainable resource for […]
Its going to be tight
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Strong wind warnings, high-calibre paddlers and the promise of more fun than ever are on the cards for the eighth annual Vaka Eiva. Six hundred international and local paddlers are ready for a full-on week of action on and off the water. The Aussies arrive this weekend with the countrys top paddlers in tow and […]
Times to beat
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Women V6 Pacific Paddle Round Raro Relay Race 36km 2010 1st HI Big Island Girls 3:08:05, 2nd NZ Paddle NZ 3:08:12, 3rd NZ Makana Alii 3:11:33 2009 1st HI Big Islands Girls 3:07:32, 2nd NZ Waitakere Oiwi 3:11:03, 3rd NZ Manawa Kaha 3:13:35 2008 1st Th RuaHine Tahiti 2:51:54 (course record), 2nd NZ Aotearoa Oiwi […]
Carvers and engravers make trophies
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Island Craft is churning out more than 800 pearl-shell pendants and engraved trophies for this years Vaka Eiva festival. The pendant design is a bit different this year upward-facing triangles for women competitors and downward-facing for men. Director and womens national squad coach Fletcher Melvin, whose company is making the trophies, says that in past […]
Aussies going for gold
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Australia is bringing its best this year. Joining the Crown Beach Kings are the Crown Beach Belles and like their male counterparts, they plan to raise the bar. Comprising the Crown Beach Kings are some of Australias best paddlers Todd Cohen, Travis Grant and Greg Long. The father-son duo Gold Coast chief lifeguard Chris Maynard […]
TKV2 and Ruks top scorers
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Volleyball teams TKV2 and Ruks maintain their top of the table positions after strong wins at Wednesday nights fifth round of the BCI social mixed volleyball competition. TKV2 faced an amped up Aremango Sharks team who after registering their first win last week were on the hunt for their second. But try as they might […]
Horouta bears gifts from Gisborne
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Paddlers from Horouta Waka Ama in Gisborne, New Zealand will, arrive for the Vaka Eiva festival laden with equipment for a local school. Vaka Eiva has been referred to as the most fun event on the paddling planet, attracting 900 international paddlers for the week-long festival, said Horouta manager Raewyn Chaffey. This year festival organisers […]
Crafts and island kai at trade days
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Crafts and cooks from the southern islands will be out to tempt paddlers with their goods and foods this coming week in Rarotonga. Special trade days organised to coincide with Vaka Eiva will focus on the pa enua, with people from Mauke, Mitiaro, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Atiu set to send over their products for the […]
Secondary schools event squad named
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Four teenagers have been named to represent the country at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships in Wellington on December 10 and 11. The team was selected after months of trials and training at the BCI Stadium to represent the country at the athletics meet an event Athletics Cook Islands has attended since the […]
Paddle pendants change each year
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The iconic paddle pendant is becoming so popular that each year ahead of Vaka Eiva, local jewellers get requests from overseas paddlers for updated versions of it. Originally Moana Gems planned to run its paddle pendant promotion for five years only, but manager Jacqueline Tuara says the paddles are so popular shes reconsidering. The first […]
TUROU! ORO MAI! AERE MAI!
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
A well-known painting from the 1830s of Pa Te Pou Ariki, chief of the Vaka Takitumu of Rarotonga, is a favourite of mine one of the reasons being, that he holds his weapon (a spear) in one hand and a fan in the other. The significance of which is, if he extended his weapon to […]
Orphans unite
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The United Nations crew has never trained together they havent even met. Theyve been matched up by event organiser Victoria Dearlove, who joked she felt like a dating agency coordinating the transcontinental crew. The crew comprises three Canadians, two paddlers from Samoa and two Kiwis. They were orphaned by their home crews, paddler Mike Sullivan […]
Welcome!
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Kia orana and welcome to all the paddlers and supporters who have arrived on Rarotonga. The Vaka Eiva festival is now into its 8th year and we have seen it evolve from its ambitious beginnings in 2004 with 200 paddlers to over 800 last year. One thing that hasnt changed has been the high level […]
Nappys back with Anuenue aloha
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
This years sole Hawaii crew is proof that age is just a state of mind. Four of the nine paddlers in the Anuenue crew are over 70 and the youngest member is 62 but theyve got the experience and the know-how for a good shot at the top spot in the senior masters division. Joseph […]
Canadians hit the sunny rock!
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Canadian paddling crew team Jericho have found paddling paradise on Rarotonga 10,000 kilometres from the snow-capped mountains of home. It was a freezing 4 degrees Celsius when the women departed Canada for Rarotonga and the hot, humid and sticky conditions on the island are just pure bliss for the amped up paddlers. Its no wonder […]
Manuz and Jemimaz aim to keep winning
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Waka ama crew Manuz and Jemimaz are made up of a group of determined women who have not been beaten at a national competition since they began paddling together just over a year ago. I have always raced with other teams but there is a lot of talent in Hawkes Bay, and it was really […]
Fleet work
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national squads and individual paddling clubs have been turning up for weekly working bees in the limited free time they have outside demanding training regimens to ready their canoes for Vaka Eiva. Paddlers have been fixing seats and amas, re-wrapping rubbers and checking their surf skirts repairing their broken zippers and securing […]
Play it safe
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Even in paradise petty crime occurs and all paddlers and supporters on the island for Vaka Eiva are encouraged to keep property and valuables safely locked away. Most incidents of theft are done by opportunists who take advantage of people who dont keep an eye on their belongings so keep a hold of your bags […]
Trophy inspires effort
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The coveted Bob Worthington memorial trophy is motivating crews to paddle through the pain during the Mixed Round Raro Race. Last year, Worthington brothers Paka and Tapa were part of the Okotai crew that won the trophy. In previous years the trophy was awarded to winners of the V6 Iron race to Avana, but since […]
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