Paddling
Ngakau Toa Vaka leading the way
Friday 7 June 2013 | Published in Paddling
Ngakau Toa Vaka Canoe club are several canoe lengths ahead of their fellow Rarotonga canoe clubs after six V6 races.
Te Aito supports local development
Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Paddling
Local winners of the Te Aito Cook Islands singles oe vaka race are enjoying their on water success and still deciding if they will head to French Polynesia for the Tahiti Te Aito race as part of their prize for taking out the event.
Te Aito tane duel!
Monday 6 May 2013 | Published in Paddling
Tahiti paddlers Heiva Amo and Utiutirei Flores took out this year’s Te Aito races held on Friday and Saturday.
Paddlers prepare for Te Aito
Tuesday 23 April 2013 | Published in Paddling
The earlier scheduling of the growing Te Aito Cook Islands paddling event has attracted some well-known names in the paddling world and some of the most talented rising junior paddlers.
Araura College takes out Vaka Iti
Saturday 13 April 2013 | Published in Paddling
Araura College has emerged once again as the top paddling school in the Cook Islands after taking out Friday’s Vaka Iti oe vaka paddling competition on Muri lagoon.
Corporate oe vaka today
Saturday 6 April 2013 | Published in Paddling
Today is the day when teams of 12 paddlers go head to head to battle it out in the hope of becoming champions of the annual oe vaka corporate races.
Time trials for oe vaka
Wednesday 13 March 2013 | Published in Paddling
The first Cook Islands Canoeing Association singles time trial oe vaka races will set out today for paddlers in the rudderless V1 vaka and OC1 canoes.
Sign up for corporate oe vaka
Tuesday 12 March 2013 | Published in Paddling
The ever popular annual V12 oe vaka corporate race is set for April 6 where teams from the local business community are guaranteed a fabulous day of fun.
Paddlers excel on kayaks at Oceania sprints
Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Published in Paddling
Four up-and-coming Cook Islands paddlers made waves in the kayak canoe class on Blue Lake in Rotorua where they competed in the 2013 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships.
Open day this weekend to give paddling a go
Tuesday 29 January 2013 | Published in Paddling
Ngakau Toa Vaka outrigger canoe club is holding an open day this Saturday for those interested in trying out the sport of vaka paddling.
Aitutaki boys 6th in New Zealand
Monday 21 January 2013 | Published in Paddling
The Aitutaki junior men’s oe vaka team can hold their heads up with pride after finishing in the top six of a challenging under 19 division at the Waka Ama Sprint National Championships in New Zealand.
Tutaka-George finishes 16th
Friday 18 January 2013 | Published in Paddling
Cook Islands paddler Andre Tutaka-George getting some practice in ahead of the Men’s K1 200m yesterday.
Aitutaki paddlers at Karapiro
Tuesday 15 January 2013 | Published in Paddling
Among the hundreds of paddling enthusiasts at the New Zealand Waka Ama Sprints on Lake Karapiro is a group of 16 of Aitutaki’s finest rising oe vaka stars.
Oe vaka women tackle tricky seas
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in Paddling
Tricky sea conditions did little to dampen the determination of six female paddlers who took their V1 canoes to the water for a mid week 10km race. The race was rescheduled from last week due to rough conditions and despite yesterday’s no-so-perfect conditions and the fact that a number of paddlers are new to the […]
Tight battle between vakas in women's rugby
Tuesday 28 August 2012 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Te Au O Tonga vaine showed their might on the rugby field on Friday when they defeated Vaka Puaikura 10-7 in a tight battle at the BCI Stadium. Te Au O Tonga speedster Teiti Tupuna was once again on form scoring one of the team’s two tries with the second try coming via young […]
Vaka sports revival on Pukapuka
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Paddling
Woe vaka (oe vaka) on the northern group island of Pukapuka is set to grow and take off as the Pukapuka vaka building programme takes shape. The vaka building project, supported by the Community Initiative Scheme funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme, aims to bring back vaka building and racing on Pukapuka as a […]
Paddlers dig deep in Vaka Eiva build-up
Friday 17 August 2012 | Published in Paddling
With the annual Vaka Eiva Festival to be staged in three months and the impressive Super Aito performance in Tahiti last weekend by the country’s top paddler Reuben Dearlove – there is renewed energy and enthusiasm within the local oe vaka family. Enthusiasm the paddling family wishes to share with the community at large. Last […]
Try oe vaka in a real race
Wednesday 13 June 2012 | Published in Paddling
Today marks the start of the Cook Islands Canoeing Associations mid week oe vaka races starting with a 6km course on offer for this afternoon’s races. Today’s race will be in the mixed 6V division and officially starts the national club points system. Each crew must have a minimum of three women in the vaka. […]
Vaka sports rallying for CI Games
Friday 20 April 2012 | Published in Paddling
Basketball players through all three vaka on Rarotonga are gearing up for the Cook Islands Games tournament in July with weekly training sessions. In particular – Vaka Takitumu basketball coordinators are calling all young men and women through the village interested in playing basketball to get along to weekly training sessions starting on Monday, April […]
Oe vaka gets them cheering, screaming
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Paddling
The Araura College Oe Vaka day last Friday was an absolute success! With great weather and the central location of the Arutanga wharf – parents and the community came down to cheer on their children and their favourite house. The goal for the day was participation with the races starting with the 2km race. House […]