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Kōrero: Canoeing and rafting

Paul Caffyn

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Paul Caffyn

In the 1970s Paul Caffyn was the first kayaker to circumnavigate the North and South islands and Stewart Island. He went on to set other long-distance kayaking records. Here he is seen on his trip around the South Island in 1977–78, surfing into Saint Kilda Beach, Dunedin.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 13 April 1978, p. 1

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Nancy Swarbrick, Canoeing and rafting – Rafting and kayaking since the 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13088/paul-caffyn (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 18 July 2016.