Skip to main content

Kōrero: Canoeing and rafting

Waka ama champions

Image
Waka ama champions

Racing waka ama, traditional Polynesian outrigger canoes, is popular in and beyond New Zealand. The New Zealand Masters Women’s crew are jubilant after winning the 500-metre sprint at the world championships held at Lake Karāpiro in March 2006.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: 21 March 2006

by Amos Chapple

Permission of the New Zealand Herald must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Canoeing and rafting – Competitive kayaking, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13094/waka-ama-champions (accessed 4 June 2026).

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