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First ever national teams
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
For the first time ever, Cook Islands paddling clubs have merged to form national squads for Vaka Eiva. Mens coach Reuben Dearlove and womens coach Fletcher Melvin are confident in their squads, which are in large part made up of paddlers who competed at the Pacific Games in Noumea earlier this year. During a training […]
New M2M race at Aitutaki
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Aitutaki is adding a new and exciting addition to the week of paddling this year with an inaugural Motu to Motu race on the stunning atoll of Aitutaki. The 36km V6 mixed changeover race will be held on Monday, November 28, after the Vaka Eiva week and will include some 96 paddlers making up eight […]
For fun and friends
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Vaka Eiva festival is more than just paddling its about lots of fun and building lifelong friendships based on the common passion and love for outrigger canoeing. New friendships have already begun and the festival hasnt started. Canadian paddler Esperaza Smith (left) wasted no time making new friends while her crew wrapped up a […]
Partners help keep it green!
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Vaka Eiva green team has rejoined its forces for the 2011 Vaka Eiva, again aiming to ease the burden it places on the environment. Businesses, community groups and government agencies are all making the effort to reduce waste created through the event, increase awareness of the environment among its participants and lessen the impact […]
Wind warning
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Its shaping up to be a windy Vaka Eiva. The Cook Islands Meteorological Service has issued a strong wind warning ahead of this years oe vaka festival. We are currently issuing a strong wind warning associated with a low pressure system to the southeast of Rarotonga and moving towards the east with the weak trough […]
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 […]
New tri season
Thursday 17 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands triathlon season officially rolls into action today with a duathlon in Panama. Todays duathlon will start at 5.15pm from the new venue in Panama opposite Motor Centre. The course distance this week will be a short 2km run, 8km cycle and 1km run to start the season off. All cyclists must wear […]
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