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Exciting battle in schools oe vaka sprints
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in Paddling
Blue skies and calm waters greeted the 44 teams that registered for this year’s Annual Vaka-iti Interschool Competition on Friday, March 30. Six-man canoe teams made up of students from Imanuela Akatemia, Nukutere College, Tereora College and Titikaveka College packed on to Muri beach for a great day of racing. The day started off with […]
Titikaveka take out Vaka Iti
Saturday 31 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
Titikaveka College has laid its claim to being the best paddling school at Rarotonga, beating its cross-island rivals in yesterday’s 2012 Vaka Iti competition. About 300 students from Titikaveka, Tereora College, Nukutere College and Imanuela Akatemia took part in the event at Muri lagoon yesterday. One by one, the students from years 9 to 12 […]
300 teens in today's Vaka Iti
Friday 30 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
The sixth annual Vaka Iti oe vaka school programme will culminate in the interschool competition today. Close to 300 students from Rarotonga-based schools Akatemia, Nukutere, Tereora, and Titikaveka will vie for champion status. Teams are made up from years 9 to 12, with boys, girls and mixed team categories. After five weeks of training, students […]
Canoe call for Friday's Vaka Iti
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
Rarotonga students will be testing their paddling skills against one another this week in the 2012 Vaka Iti competition. Beginning about 9am on Friday, March 30, the racers will paddle over a 500m course in Muri throughout the day. Organiser Lorena Maru said the course would be 500m straight V6 using the SPG course to […]
Give oe vaka a go
Thursday 15 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
If you’ve ever thought about taking up oe vaka as a new sport or returning to paddling – the Ngakau Toa Vaka Canoeing Club is inviting you to their open day this Saturday. The day will be filled with fun paddling games to introduce the sport to newcomers and returning paddlers alike. The club is […]
Oe vaka time trials on today
Wednesday 7 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
The first of the oe vaka singles time trial races start today from Avarua harbour for paddlers in the OC1, V1 and surfski classes. The weekly Wednesday time trials will run for 10 weeks and races will be over a course of approximately 8km from the infamous boiler to Club Raro back to Avatiu harbour […]
Vaka Eiva umukai time
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
“/> Kylie Young (right) and a paddling pal from the Rogz for Dogs crew enjoy a raurau of umu kai at the closing of the Vaka Eiva festival on Friday night held for the first time at Muri beach after the sprint races on Friday.
Uniting power of oe vaka celebrated
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Cook Islands Canoeing Association president Janet Maki presents a Red Cross volunteer with the president’s award for the groups outstanding service to the Vaka Eiva event and sport of oe vaka. “/> Uirangi Bishop entertains the Vaka Eiva crowd with beautiful Cook Islands dancing on Muri beach. “/> They were joined on the sandy podium […]
Vaka Eiva Sprints Results
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Eiva fun
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Tandem lie-down paddle boarding generated lots of laughs at the Muri lagoon sprints yesterday, the final day of Vaka Eiva 2011.
Vaka Eiva action on the water
Thursday 24 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Eiva baby!
Tuesday 22 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Local paddler Serena Hunter is holding back from Vaka Eiva this year and holding Rarotongas youngest oe vaka supporter instead. Hunter gave birth to Tia Maeva Hunter early last week, just in time for this years oe vaka festival. This is just the second Vaka Eiva shes missed an injury sidelined her one year since […]
Vaka Eiva first day iron results
Monday 21 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Individual iron paddlers fight choppy ocean on first day of Vaka Eiva 2011
Monday 21 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Individual paddling prowess was on full display in what was an outstanding day of paddling on the ocean in the V1 and OC1 division on Saturday. Masters men and senior masters men hit the water first at 8am with the legends of the sporting line up at the Boiler for the start of their 12km […]
Canoes and paddlers blessed for Vaka Eiva
Saturday 19 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Outrigger canoe paddlers gathered at Avarua harbour yesterday afternoon for a special vaka blessing ceremony to ask for the protection of their canoes and themselves over the next week. Hundreds of paddlers gathered for the Akatapu ceremony in which Pastor Ngarima George consumated sea water before blessing each of the six vaka and the six […]
Let the racing begin for Vaka Eiva 2011
Saturday 19 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Eiva racing begins today with the first V1 and OC1 iron races shooting off the line at 8am. More than 130 paddlers will head out through Avarua harbour today for the first day of Vaka Eiva racing in the V1 and OC1 iron division. On the water action will start at 8 oclock when […]
Vaka art broadens
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
The Art Studios annual Vaka Eiva exhibition gets more creative and inclusive with each passing year. From Vaka Eivas inception the Arorangi gallery has timed its iconic painted paddle exhibition to run during the festival. But the yearly exhibit has grown to include paintings, wearable art and, for the first time this year, stone sculpture. […]
New Mapu Oe Vaka format
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Junior paddlers will test out a new-look calendar of events for Vaka Eiva this year, with the activities surrounding races undergoing a bit of a shake-up for 2011. Vaka Eiva is again taking on three age divisions as part of its Mapu Oe Vaka juniors competition, with the youth split into under 14s, under 16s […]
Vaka Eiva earns about $2 million
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Eiva continues to generate about $2 million almost all of which remains in the Cook Islands economy. Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue take about $500,000 of that for airfares, but the rest of the money is spent on local accommodation, transport, food, incidentals and tourist activity. Organisers calculate the festivals economic impact each […]
Vaka Village where its all at
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Each year during Vaka Eiva, the vaka shed at Avarua harbour turns into a hub of paddling activity. Vaka Village host to massage tables, special vaka jewellery displays and food stalls proffering healthy fuel for paddlers is the place to be during Vaka Eiva. The Village will again house all the administrative arms of the […]