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Issue 35

Letters to the Editor

The Unclaimed Coast - Adventure Philosophy’s South Georgian Odyssey

Dacre Cottage, Okura and the man who gave it his name

Coastbusters 2006

New Owners at Canoe & Kayak Waikato

Aspects of Outdoor Leadership: Know Thyself

Safety at Sea - The Law and how we can work within it

Overseas Article

Motiti

Blue Duck Territory

The Official 2006 Speight’s Coast to Coast Results

Speight’s Coast to Coast 2006 The Spirit of New Zealand

Report on the Shearwater from Quality Kayaks

Buyers Guide

Directory: Things To Do

Learn To Kayak

Front cover photo: Mark Jones Contents page photo by Fay and Bruce Schaw

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Waitangi Day The dawn started with the bird song of yesteryear and the quiet chirping of half a dozen kids. It is now 2 pm and my dad has arrived to help proof read the articles for Issue 35 and Kevin from next door has dropped over for a coffee. As I left to retrieve my cuppa from the office (in my kiwi backyard shed) Dad asked Kevin if he was doing anything special for Waitangi day. It got me thinking.

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What did we do to celebrate this unique Kiwi day? Up until that moment I had completely forgotten all about it. We had had a typical day, finishing or starting depending on how you look at it at 1am with the roar of the rifles as the possums fell like flies (well three did and air rifles can roar if you have real good hearing) Then 6 hours sleep and waking up on a deserted beach, a cuppa tea, a swim, bacon and eggs on the BBQ, then mow the lawn and push

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I could also have stopped to reflect with friends and family on how lucky we are to live in a peaceful country, where we all have a say and when we feel wronged we tend to debate and fix it rather than fight and destroy it. Thanks to our Maori and Pakeha ancestors for giving us this peace and let’s continue to build on it with both hands. This issue is full to bursting with Kiwi Can Do Attitude. Read on and be inspired to challenge yourself a bit more and honour our ancestors on this Waitangi Day. Happy paddling Peter Townend Editor

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an abandoned car off the said deserted beach, call Greg from DOC, remove the battery, engine and gearbox oil in case Greg can’t get there with the local farmer, Garth and his HUGE tractor arrived in the nick of time. We filled the abandoned car up with half a ton of beach rubbish from the last six months (including Donna’s contribution, see editorial 34) and headed for home over the crystal clear waters of Karepiro Bay. Lunch at home with a bunch of friends and then a few hours work on the Magazine and back into food with the family.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Pete, Helen and I recently made a trip kayaking down the Wanganui from Cherry Grove at Taumaranui, heading off on the 5-day river trip to Pipiriki. We are not experienced river kayakers, so we sought advice and bought publications, with a view to making the trip in our own Quality Kayaks “Penguin”s, and were told by DoC and by one of the river rental companies, who agreed to deliver our truck to Pipiriki, that these boats were suitable for the trip - being able to carry the provisions and tents necessary. We had a great first hour on the river meeting small rapids (me making a wet-exit at rapid nr 8, I think) and generally getting some experience on the river having only paddled in open water before. However, at rapid #15 (Towhenua), we came a cropper. We had been warned by the rental company that we should “stay left in the right-hand channel” on this one. The available publications also didn’t highlight any particular greater risk for this rapid, but we heeded advice, thinking that a left track would see us OK. What transpired was me “going-hard” to keep out of the prevailing flow and out of the way of trees on the true-right bank. Helen followed and I shouted to paddle like crazy, but no-good... Helen was caught in the main stream and pulled hard into the right bank. The result was a pretty scary collision with a large debris-ridden tree (one of about 5 over 50m) that tipped Helen out of her kayak and proceeded to “eat” it. The little yellow boat was well-and-truly stuck. I parked my boat about 300m downstream in an eddy and after fretting for a few minutes I realized that Helen was out and on the bank waving at me to come back and help her. The return walk through a swamp was tough work, but when I got there, it was clear that there could be no rescuing the kayak from the trapped scenario by hand. Thankfully, there was a small farm nearby. Helen and I peered sheepishly in the back door, announcing our presence with a holler, and our saviour, Robin, came out - offering towels, cups of tea, warmth and a phone to get our truck brought to us. Whilst we waited for our truck to arrive, Robin told us that the fee for all this help was that we had to sign the “guest book”. Perplexed, we agreed - only to have Robin tell us that we were the first caught on the bend this-yea r (mid-January), but that there had been at least a dozen a year for the remainder of the book - in fact, Robin’s family has owned the farm for over 10 years, and it took her over 3 years before she thought of getting such a book to record these failed tourism events - and she regretted missing all of those possible signatures. I am delighted with the help offered to us by the canoe-rental company. With some serious effort, we got the boat out from under the tree. We bent the nose of the kayak both ways and ripped the rudder wires off, but at least we recovered all of our gear from the hatches and (miraculously) from the bungees on top of the boat. It’s a lightweight penguin, so the double bend was, I am afraid, terminal (thank you AMI insurance). What concerns me is that Robin (bless her cotton socks) is in the middle of a move down to Wanganui to be with her partner who works in the Prison there. What is going to become of this “visitors book”? It is clear to us that a LOT people have had their journey cropped-short by this rapid to such an extent that they have rocked up at Robin’s farm, found her in, received a cup of tea and signed the book. How many more have not found her in, or have walked out to the road and begged help? How many more have lost gear here, or damaged equipment? Inshort, just what is the legacy of this particular rapid? I am not alarmist. In fact, every one that we talked to has said that this is the last rapid of renown and we should go back and complete the trip - we just might. I just wanted to pass on our experience so that it might be recorded for others to have in their pocket when approaching this particular rapid. Beautiful river though. Cheers, Lee Paterson

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else it’s a blackberry field and you are only wearing jandles”

Sorry about the loss of the trusty Penguin, this great kayak is one of my favourites and is well suited for the Whanganui and many other adventures.

Have a look though this list and see in which areas you feel more awareness and skill would be of help next time to miss that Damn Tree and save your Trusty Steed (Penguin)

We have been told of many such experiences on the Whanganui and other rivers and this has shaped the way we look at the skills that are required to navigate any river safety. (The comment that you were past the worst is not correct. There are many more rapids with potential problems which need a careful approach to negotiate them safety.) I have attached a list of recommended skills and knowledge from the New Zealand Kayak Instructor Award Scheme (NZKI Award Scheme) as they might show paddlers the areas that need to be focused on before contemplating the trip. These skills are required to enter most races on Grade Two Rivers of which the Whanganui is one. These requirements are, we feel no different for a recreational paddle down a Grade Two River. In fact because of the normal support offered on a Race i.e. lots of experienced paddlers, officials at the tough spots and a jet boat or helicopter on call by satellite phone, you may well need better skills in a completely unsupported trip in the wilderness. The reason for most incidents is very simple. The participants did not have some of the paddling skills or knowledge to recognise and avoid a river hazard. Most people are conscientrous, as you have been, in talking to others about a planned trip, but often the questions asked are not searching enough to get the hard answers we need to be safe. An example I use when running risk management training with staff is to ask “Who is a good swimmer?” Most reply with a very positive “Yes”. Then I set the parameters of my question by telling the group “we are going to a west coast surf beach, swimming out though two metre waves to an island one kilometre off shore”. All of a sudden my definition of a good swimmer is outlined and the group beats a hasty retreat to “I’m not that good”. The point being, asking a question is of little use if you have little or no concept of the environment the answer relates to. The common practice of using a guide book to read your way down the river has flaws and is not recommended unless you have the knowledge to recognise and skills to avoid the hazards that they are describing. Most instructors are of the opinion that people paddling the Whanganui should have either the paddling skills and knowledge suitable to the conditions or an experienced qualified guide to steer them away from the dangerous areas and if needed, be able to attempt a rescue safety, when all else fails. However many other people disagree and cite the reality that no one has drowned on the river. Most people have a few spills and finish with positive memories, so what’s the problem? We are all in a difficult area, on one hand the Maritime Safety Authority (which is the mouth of the Government on these issues) says something along the lines of ‘ A hirer of a vessel becomes the captain of that vessel and has the responsibility for ensuring the safety of the vessel and the people on board’. This effectively takes most of the responsibility away from a company hiring or selling the vessel and puts it on a person, who in many cases, is only attempting the voyage because the sales person is saying “ It’s easy and anyone can do it”. On the other hand we have the Kiwi Can Do Attitude, which we all cherish. But the nation’s youth spend less time stubbing toes, getting rope burns, splinters and blisters and are not developing a healthy respect for the outdoors. This along with a huge increase of Kiwis being new immigrants with little or no outdoor experience to call on. So for many survival rules have changed for they are now often based around “Why did no one tell us”, rather than “Bugger that hurt, I’ m not doing that again” or an obituary reading “ John was a real Kiwi and died doing what he loved. Good on him.” The answer is not the same for everyone, but the simple survival rule is “ Don’t kid yourself that life is safe for everyone. It is only safe for those who know what to look for and how to deal with it when they see it. For everyone

The thing about NZ that we love and most would hate to see change is that we can still make our own minds up in the outdoors and one can only hope this continues. So well done in surviving this test, Good luck with your next adventure.

Grade Two Personal Skills Taken from the New Zealand Kayaking Instructors Award Scheme Forward Power Stroke Eddie Turns both sides Forward Ferry Glides Reverse Power Stroke Reverse Ferry Glides Forward Sweep Stroke Low Brace (spray skirt should get wet) Reverse Sweep Stroke Draw Stroke Emergency Stop Stern Rudder Entry and Exit to a bank Capsize and swim 50 metres with kayak and paddle to a safe eddy and then empty and re enter the kayak. (without undue delay) Combat swim a 75 metre grade Two Rapid achieving designated eddies Stern Deck Rescue a kayaker and then paddle a Grade Two Rapid landing the rescued paddler in a safe eddy. Potential Hazards The Reason for warm up and stretching River reading skills that enable the candidate to lead down Grade Two Rapids X or T Rescues Throw bag use (3 out of 5 ten metre throws over instructors out stretched arms) The recognition and treatment of Hypothermia River Grading System Loading Roof Racks Kayaking Gear to be shown to the Assessor A spray skirt, kayaking helmet, buoyancy vest (securely fitted, free of defects and of 6.2kg minimum buoyancy), paddle, repair/duct tape (at least 10m), first aid kit which must contain a roll of 5cm width crepe bandage, a roll of 2cm strapping tape, 10 band aid strips, a triangular bandage and small scissors, survival bag, windproof long sleeved paddle jacket (to be either worn or in a dry bag), spare correctly sized clothing in a dry bag including polypropylene full length top and bottom, polypropylene balaclava or fleece hat, and food. This clothing is in addition to what is being worn by the kayaker. An additional long sleeved fleece top, minimum 100 weight. Extra recommended equipment. Communications Equipment- light source e.g. torch, snaplite-waterShelterFire lighting material- Split Paddle- Throw Rope-Karabiner’s-KnifeCompass-Whistle

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ADVENTURE PHILOSOPHY

The Unclaimed Coast Adventure Philosophy’s South Georgian Odyssey

Mark Jones

Mark Jones is a member of the Adventure Philosophy team and lecturers at AUT University on its Outdoor Leadership courses. South Georgia Island. People who had been there spoke of it in hallowed tones, with faraway looks, in turn intense or misty eyed. Each had an epic to share: a shredded tent, an anchor dragging, seas whipped to frenzy- narrow escapes. Marcus Waters, Graham Charles first heard of the “unclaimed coast” in March 2001. There had been two attempts to paddle around the island - the south west coast, a full third of the island had never been kayaked. It was a coast that had seen fewer than 5 boats of any description explore its length since the sealing days. I talked to people who had been there and read everything I could lay my hands on about the place. The impression I was left with was of an uncommon island, remote, beautiful and unquestionably wild. But it was the wildlife that drew me to it more than anything. Stories of beaches buried under seals and astronomical numbers of penguins, a veritable Serengeti of the south. The thought of visiting the island and exploring it under our own steam burrowed into my mind like a worm. I acquired a 1:200,000 chart of the island from Argentina, and from time to time I would furtively open it, gazing wistfully at the outline of the island, tracing its coves and headlands with my eyes, trying to imagine just how it would feel to see them from sea level. The mind worm burrowed deeper... The Island itself is one of the most remote parts of the planet, but a flight from Auckland via Santiago to Port Stanley in the Falklands and then sailing 1300km ESE will get you there. It doesn’t seem so far away when you say it quickly. We sailed with Greg Landreth and Keri Pashuk aboard a 53-foot Ketch Northanger, with a long history of successful polar expeditioning. After six days we gained our first glimpse of South Georgia. Impossibly jagged peaks, floating untethered in a distant haze with a large tabular berg sticking up from the horizon like a worn molar.

Three groups of young New Zealand adventurers have gained the opportunity to live their dream adventure through the 2005 Adventure Philosophy - GORE-TEX(r) Good For Life Scholarships. The scholarships, administered by Adventure Philosophy, funded by GORE-TEX(r) outerwear, and sponsored by Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Bivouac Outdoor and Macpac, required applicants to submit an in-depth proposal for an adventure. Traverse of The Serpentine Range Francesca Eldridge and Glenn Pennycook plan to traverse the little travelled Serpentine Range in Fiordland National Park, Climbing several peaks along the way that have had few ascents and all of those poorly documented. Mts Xenicus (1912m),

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My mind winnowed through other possibilities and the real reasons that I was there soon dropped from the chaff- the quickness of breath, the extraordinariness of each day, the mystery that each unfolding headland held; for the shouted exultation of joy, and the warm glow of satisfaction at the end of a hard won day; to experience simple awe of the elements and nature unbridled- extravagant, unsullied and mysterious; for the

We landed in snow that had fallen continuously since our journey began

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Then everything was swallowed up by cloud and South Georgia became a smear of luminescence on the radar scree. It looked rather like those ink blots that shrinks are fond of using to psychoanalyse their patients. As this similarity struck me I couldn’t help but ponder why I wanted to be here. What state of mind drives one to want to travel to such a far-flung scrap of land at the edge of the world, to journey nearer the edge of reason that I cared to admit? To be the first to kayak around the island was how we had pitched it to sponsors, but that wasn’t the attraction.

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Erebus (1978m), Ocean peak (1848m), Nereus Peak (1962m) and traverse Mt Somnus (2293m). In the Footsteps of Kehu Lauren Moyes, Louis Brown, and Nick Fairclough will celebrate the historic 160 year anniversity of the Charles Heaphy and Thomas Brunner’s epic 1846 expedition with Maori Guide, Kehu along the west coast of the upper South Island. Black Sand to White Sand- a transcoastal adventure Phillip Baker and Kelsey Serjeant will journey across the upper South Island tramping, mountain biking, white-water and sea kayaking from west to east, beginning at the Heaphy Track and ending in Blenheim. They will also be using the expedition to raise money for the Books in Homes charity.

Going early season meant it was cold- very cold! Even on the more moderate east coast the team had snow every day.

camaraderie. In brief, to come back richer and to share it with others. We watched the island grow in stature from distant peaks to an omnipresent icy massif thrust from the sea. It was bitterly cold; a penetrating cold that stung uncovered skin. We dropped anchor in Right Whale Bay. The landscape looked cold and mirthless, all rock and ice and wind scoured snow, but I still felt it was the island of my dreams.

The small local populace of KEP was pleased to have the company, ours being the first boat of the season to visit and consequently I woke the next day with a thumping hangover. Snow coated Northanger and our three Sea Bears strapped to its deck. It was a strange day sorting gear as we got to know folks only to say goodbye to them again, packing the Bears and making decisions on the nitty gritty of what to take and leave.

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One moment was particularly incongruous, sitting in The next day we motored all the way to King Edward Point the spacious lounge of the newly built base (KEP) where the British maintain an administration commander’s house, being interviewed for their South and research base. We saw the island from afar, a Georgia Island website, while less that ten metres from detached yachtie’s view of the coast. It had none of the www.adventurephilosophy.co.nz where we sipped our cups of teas two bull elephant intimacy of shoreline sea kayaking, where one feels part seals fought a fierce and bloody battle. The contender, of the intertidal zone: riding the suck and surge of the with a ragged and ruined nose, took on the beach sea, breathing in the ozone smell of pulverised surf and Master and got some tough medicine before conceding that size and the the scent of the land, hearing the wing-beat of a passing tern, or water higher ground were not in his favour. It was a passage of sudden violence streaming from the bull kelp- the day measured in moments not and painful defeat that sprang from a singularly false notion of ability, overnautical-miles-to-destination.

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ambition. I wondered whether our own aspirations were going to meet a similarly humbling end. Nothing I heard from the locals did anything to reduce the anxiety I felt about what lay ahead of us. We left in falling snow about 3pm. There was not a breath of wind. South Georgia was showing us a welcoming benign face. The falling snow, disarmingly beautiful, gave a fairytale-like air to those first few kilometres. Snowflakes settled on the Bears and dusted the cliffs and tussock clumps. The seawater was so cold that the snow formed patches of porridgy slush rather than melting. We opted for a short day rather than a pushy leg to the next known landing, which would have entailed setting up camp in the dusk. Maiviken cove it was to be then, absolutely picturesque, with a small beach littered with elephant seals, fur seals and gentoo penguins. The backdrop was tussocks capped with snow and out in the bay a blue berg lay grounded like a sapphire in a puddle of snow melt. We used a snow shovel to level a patch of gravel and pitched our Hemisphere as we would every night, anticipating the worst, with two poles through each sleeve, canvas valences weighted down with gravel, and guys strung to clumps of tussock or large rocks. It was as bombproof as a small tent could be. Any sense of security however evaporated once inside with sound of scrunching gravel as 3 tonnes of elephant seal galloped past the door. We awoke, unsquashed, to a calm, clearing morning and paddled for three hours past Stromness Bay, the distant ruined whaling station we could just discern from the crest of the bigger swells. The sea pounded the island with unrestrained force in a campaign against the land that was as old as the earth itself. 3-4 metres of swell produced a great confusion of reflection waves and spectacular scenery. At the appropriately named Humpback Rock huge plumes of surf shot skyward as though a whale was breaching. I had a cross marked on our map (which indicated a potential landing spot garnered from something read or someone talked to) at the back of Hercules Bay, 20km from where our day began. However, the cliffs surrounding the bay were as precipitous as the rest of the coastline and we headed into the

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It was an enchanting and very strange world to find oneself in as a sea kayaker, with snow falling and penguins swimming beside us in the frigid waters

farthest corner, a kilometre away, on faith that our information was correct. Sure enough a 50-metre ribbon of gravel had been heaved above the sea at the back of the bay. A waterfall poured onto the beach with the usual compliment of elephants, furries, gentoos and king penguins. Even beyond a slight necking in the bay the surf break was violent. After careful observation I lined up one of the bigger swells paddled hard on the back of it and landed high on the steep beach. It was text-book shore break landing, quickly jumping out of my kayak, it was all I could do to hold it on the steep slope and haul it over the lip of the beach onto the berm. The water around the island shallowed quickly and the beaches were steeper than anything I had ever landed on. After we were ashore we broke open our lunch packs and revelled in the

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strangeness of lunching beside sea kayaks in snow, sucking on icicles and watching bergy bits wallow in the tide. There was something oddly exciting about the incongruity of it all. Another 20km took us past many beaches with dumping shore-breaks often with a powerful lateral wash sluicing across the face of the beach. I had no confidence in landing ten times out of ten in such conditions and hoped we wouldn’t be put to such a test. It was getting time to think about finding a place to camp. We passed a small cove with what looked to be a landing in the back of it and investigated it more closely. It had strangely little surf.

looks like a flat-spot behind those elephants.” Grum gave him a look that said the elephants could have it. “Why don’t we check this cove here in Antarctic Bay?” he said, indicating an indent on the map with his finger. I was about ready to get ashore and stow my paddle for the day, but the beach, if you could call it that, looked bleak and uninviting. “If the swell direction changes more to the north it might be a while before we get off this beach” I added. It wasn’t a place you would want to spend a whole lot of time and so it was settled, we carried on for another hour gambling on a better landing.

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HISTORY

Dacre Cottage, Okura and the man who gave it his name by Ruth E. Henderson We were pounding the pavement, building up the legs and miles in preparation for walking the Lake Waikaremoana track, when I asked my mate Tessa Marshall if she knew of any local bush walks I could do. “You can always go and visit my Great Great Grandfather” she said. That was my first introduction to one of our country’s more colourful characters, Captain Ranulph Dacre - sea-captain, adventurer, pioneer of the timber export trade and the cottage that bears his name. To get there we parked at Haighs Road, off East Coast Road, 18 km north of Auckland and followed the track along the Okura river estuary through groves of nikau, pohutukawa and regenerating kauri to Karepiro Bay. It took us about an hour and a quarter of steady but gentle plodding. Kayakers can launch at any of the East Coast beaches: Mairangi Bay, Browns Bay with Long Bay being the most obvious choice if wanting only a short paddle of less than 5 km. By water, once across the estuary, it is easy to spot a big red barn. Next to it at the northern end of the beach lies Dacre Cottage. The cottage was built around 1855 - 1856 as a farm house for the 3,334 acre cattle farm owned by Capt. Ranulph Dacre and farmed by his sons Henry and Lief Septimus. Apparently it was built using local bricks and shingles, with the floor being made from terra cotta tiles which arrived in one of the Captains ships as ballast. In the early 1980’s the cottage was in danger of collapse and had been vandalized. The Historic Places Trust stepped in and rebuilt the entire cottage using old photos to guide them in its restoration. New bricks which matched the old were used with the remaining originals reused in the chimney. When Tessa and I turned up in 2004, much to our disappointment the cottage was locked, the window shutters nailed up, the garden and fruit trees covered in lichen and surrounding grass totally over-grown. A shamefully neglected and forlorn remnant of NZ history - hardly the tribute deserved by one of the most enterprising early traders of the NZ

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coasts, who had the sort of adventures that make your hair stand on end. Born in 1797 Captain Dacre came from a good Hampshire family, son of Colonel Dacre, High Sheriff of the county. In 1810 at the age of thirteen he joined the Navy as a midshipman and served in the 1812 war against the USA. In 1816 he resigned his commission and became captain of a schooner trading in the West Indies, Australia and Pacific Islands. Between 1825 and 1831 he traded between Australia, NZ and London, and then he married Margaret Sea and settled in Sydney. In 1834 in partnership with William Wilks he set up a mercantile and shipping agency, intending to exploit Pacific products such as whale oil, sandalwood, kauri timber, greenstone and flax.

Another story tells of an awkward and tense moment when his baby daughter Julia, dangled on the knee of the chief, Patuone. She seized the great chief’s topknot. He immediately left the ship with

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Apart from recording that Dacre’s venture into the greenstone trade was not a success, the history books make little mention of these exploits, the exception being the timber trade. Kauri spars and masts were paid for by the lineal foot and according to the diameter. Whereas sticks of 3" (75mm) diameter were worth 7 1/2 pence per foot (300mm) the larger ones of 30" (750mm) diameter were worth eight shillings and seven pence per foot. Masts of 60 - 70 feet (18 20m) were needed by the Navy and a good top mast was said to fetch 200 pounds in London. I can’t imagine what their comparative value would be today! Top dollars! Capt. Dacre took his first load of spars from the Hokianga in 1827, trading in the ship Surrey. While trading around the coasts, he visited Mahurangi (and reputably was the first trader in this inlet), Whangaroa, and Mercury Bay.

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Samuel Marsden had explored the Kaipara’s landward side, but Capt. Dacre in 1832 was the first to enter and explore its harbour. The historical material collected by Margaret Stevenson and W. Macdonald cites a couple of adventures: “The Kaipara chief who had undertaken to assist in procuring the spars suddenly downed tools and demanded payment of blankets and tobacco on account. This Dacre refused to give. Although the chief had a strong following, much larger than the Captains 50 men, Dacre stood up against him, even threatening to throw him overboard. The Maori was much impressed by his audacity and he set about earning his payment without more ado.”

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The old homestead now residing in Whangaparaoa

all his people, the head of the chief being considered sacred and any illtreatment of it an insult. Retribution seemed imminent. For three days the Maoris debated. Patuone, argued that the child should be treated as ‘porangi’ or mad, as the action was not willfully wicked. Luckily this view was adopted and trading resumed. In another story “in 1832 Dacre travelled from Mahurangi to Coromandel in an open boat to get supplies for his men. On landing, a chief brained one of his men. Dacre protested so strongly that the chief confessed his error and offered one of his slaves to be killed as payment.” Needless to say this offer was not taken up, but it is obvious that Dacre was a man of courage, quick thinking and able to keep his cool in an emergency. In 1832 Dacre began cutting timber on a large scale. He established a spar station on the Mahurangi inlet, but H.M.S Buffalo took forcible possession of the standing trees. Although Dacre had begun squaring spars and preparing masts and had had the land surveyed by Mr Florence, he left the station declaring that “I remonstrated with the Admiralty but never got any redress.” He and his associate Gordon Browne resurrected his old station at Mercury Bay and in 1837 to facilitate the work they erected a sawmill, driven by water power. This mill seems to have been the first timber mill in the country. Dacre’s NZ enterprises were not a financial success, but by 1840 he was a leading merchant in Sydney owning a wharf, ships, and a cattle station. He was also appointed a magistrate and was a director of the Union Bank of Australia and the Sydney Alliance Assurance Company. In the Depression of 1842-1844 he became insolvent and set out to recover debts and property rights. This lead him back to NZ and in 1848 he purchased the 3,334 acre Weiti block. In 1854 he entered into partnership with Thomas Macky as a merchant and shipping agent and purchased more land including 4,000 acres at Omaha, still referred to as Dacre’s claim. In 1859 the family moved to Auckland, where he became one if its best-known and respected citizens. T. Macky and Co was one of the largest firms in the city, and towards the end of his life Dacre was once again wealthy. Throughout all the trials of being an

early colonist, his wife of 55years was his constant companion. About 1878 they returned to England, where he died in 1884 Since, my first visit and subsequent delving into Dacre’s history, the cottage is having another lease of life. In the winter of 2005 Peter Townend decided the cottage was worth preserving and a handy location for Yakity Yak visits. He entered into discussion with the Rodney Pat Costello helps transform District Council, owners of the land and building. a paddock to a lawn. Several working bees by club members and lots of on-going lawn mowing and talking by Pete have followed. Now we have a good base for club trips and even overnight stays. Pete tells me “There is a BBQ and cooking equipment, all people need to bring is food and bedding and they can sleep in the cottage (one double and one single). We have a couple of siton-kayaks for use and outdoor tables and chairs. Rob Howarth eats weeds. Long drop toilets and paper are supplied. “The cottage may be booked by contacting me on 0274 529255 or on email at pete@canoeandkayak.co.nz “ References Rogers, Frank. Dacre, Ranulph 1797 - 1884 Dictionary of NZ Biography Stevenson, M & W. Macdonald ‘Captain Ranulph Dacre’ Auckland - Waikato Historical Journal No 37 www.doc.govt.nz/Explore www.dnzb.govt.nz Even the gutters get a clean. www.odnz.co.nz

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Coastbusters 2006 By Paul Hayward

Sea Kayaking Symposium Auckland, March 17-19 Coastbusters has been run once every two years for about twenty years. How can it still be coming up with fresh ideas and why would people keep going back, you may well ask. Well, it’s easy. This sport of sea kayaking has so many fascinating angles. Yes, I know, there are only so many gadgets, so many ‘best’ muesli recipes and so many ‘easy approaches to using a sextant’. That’s not quite what we have in mind. There are whole aspects to Sea Kayaking that might just stretch your imagination. This year (for example), we will have the world’s best kayaking film director. She’s done work for the BBC, National Geographic and has produced some DVDs which will get your Aunt Mabel right onto the edge of her chair. You, of course, would just look bored and refer to the ‘Really exciting stuff we were out in, last weekend...’ Make sure you watch these before Mabel - you might muff your lines.

5000-odd years. Not, perhaps, ideal for that weeklong trip to the Barrier (you’d never get enough wine into that small volume hull) - but if you want to roll every-which-way and delve into the origins of our present-day kayak designs, come along and risk being captured by their enthusiasm. Back by popular demand is the wooden boat display. Boats to drool over and works-of-art that get paddled every week. Talk to their builders and find out why they are always planning the next one. The Inuit kayaking tradition lives on in kayaking’s equivalent to the Highland Games. Everything from harpoon-throwing to rope gymnastics consumes a whole week on Greenland’s chilly summer coast. Meet people who have competed and won in conditions that make you shiver - and listen to their experiences and what has motivated them to pursue this quest.

Justine will show us how you capture great footage from the seat of your kayak, while you’re working on staying alive.

This year we are incredibly lucky to have four of the world’s most skilled and experienced Greenland Paddlers - Cheri, Freya, Turner & Greg - who have agreed to come to New Zealand and show us some extraordinary things that can be done with a kayak. Not just show us, but help us to try them ourselves. If this doesn’t push you to improve your boat skills, we’ll be very surprised.

We will have a group of friends, up from Wellington, who have taught themselves to build and use skin-on-frame kayaks. These deceptively simple boats are the closest thing you can find (outside a museum) to what the Inuit paddled for

“What of our great NZ paddlers?” I hear you ask. John Kirk Anderson, Paul Caffyn (and hopefully Ben Foughy) are just some of our well-known kayakers who will be coming along to share their expertise. If you’ve heard them before, you’ll

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know that they don’t stand still. If their names don’t yet mean anything to you, it’s time they did. Heroes are interesting folk. Well, OK, we will have some ‘normal’ stuff too. The obligatory food sessions, ones on great local kayaking destinations, kayak maintenance, gear and gadgets - we’ll find new twists. A kayaking Physio is a must-attend. He sealed his fate when he got the acupuncture needles out of his lunch box on a club trip last year - and sorted out a shoulder problem between sandwiches. At the last Coastbusters, we asked DoC to come along and have a workshop on what kayakers meant to them. They must have enjoyed it as much as we did, since they’ve agreed to come back and, this time, are bringing Conservators from Northland, Waikato, and Coromandel as well as from Auckland. If you want to contribute some good ideas, or constructively tell DoC what they could be doing better (or just hear what they have in the planning stages) you can’t get any closer to the horse’s mouth... There’s formal information transfer at Coastbusters, but many of the people who come every time say it’s the informal lessons that bring them back. Bet you wish tea-time lasted longer at work... well, you probably will at Coastbusters too. One of the first things we do is hook you up with seven other kayakers. Just for a quick get-toknow-you 10 minutes. So, even if you’ve never seen another soul at the event, within a few minutes you’ve got a few whose names you know.

They, of course, likely know a few more...Networking can be pretty painless. Throughout Saturday, you touch base with your ‘Pod’ members for a few activities. At tea, lunch & dinner (which are on us, by the way) you can talk with anyone you like. They may be world-famous - or you may be. It doesn’t really matter - nobody seems to lack for a topic.

if you can find someone who’s been through a Coastbusters’ Sunday morning paddle without enjoying it. Not likely.

And then there’s on-the-water. On Sunday morning you’re on the ocean - back into your Pods to keep you safe while we make you learn things and share knowledge. We mix in those with some experience and those with lots. That’s fun for both. The really experienced ones have been there and vie with each other to pass on some good ideas. The less-experienced bathe in it. See

So, if you’re a kayaker who has only recently taken up the sport, there is no better way to develop a feel for the possibilities. You can’t help but enjoy the weekend and stretch your horizons. If you’re an old and jaded paddler - with more sand on your driveway than tar - come along and look at the waters into which some poor souls have wandered. You should be so tempted.

Coastbusters 2006 Sea Kayaking Symposium Auckland, March 17-19

Sunday afternoon has a BBQ on the beach and a series of wet workshops that let you put these ideas into motion. It’s more than falling into (or out of) boats - but it certainly fits Ratty’s meaning of ‘messing about’. Advanced skills!

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The 11th Coastbusters Symposium is being held in Auckland, right on the shores of beautiful Lake Pupuke at the Milford Primary School. This summer’s Coastbusters features amazing speakers and skilled kayakers from around New Zealand and overseas New Zealand biggest sea kayaking symposium is for novices, intermediate and advanced sea kayakers - anyone with an interest in sea kayaking (some paddling experience is required for Sunday’s on-the-water sessions). It is a chance to meet other kayakers, learn how to get the most from your gear and gadgets, listen to speakers from far and near, watch mind-boggling demonstrations and be astounded by what some kayakers get up to! You will learn, you will laugh, you will come away with new friends. The event is run by a non-profit, non-aligned group of local paddlers- for sea kayakers who like to stretch their skills, knowledge & enjoyment of the sport.

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New Owners at Canoe & Kayak Waikato Upside down in the brain-freezing Rai river in the winter depths of June is not necessarily a good place for thinking through the next step in one’s life. I (Tony) was a participant in an Outward Bound course and as I was kayaking early in the morning watching the frosty banks glide past, it struck me that despite not having any feeling in most of my extremities, I actually enjoyed the experience. Tony and Joy Waikato Shop Exterior

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I was at a crossroads, determined to spend more time focussing on activities that challenged myself KILLARNEY ROAD and others. The course helped me to DUKE STREET DUKE STREET decide that I either had to get serious KAHIKATEA DRIVE KA about my dreams or HIK ATEA D RIVE NORTH they would only ever be just that - dreams. The Corner Greenwood St I didn’t want to look & Duke St, State Highway 1 bypass back ten years later Hamilton and wonder, “What Telephone: 07 847 5565 would my life had looked like if I had taken that risky step?” Of course, at that time I didn’t know what that risky step really was! What I did know was that I wanted to work in the outdoors and with people at their growing point.

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All this was a far cry from my role as a Presbyterian minister of some sixteen years. This, however, was coming to a close as financial constraints meant that the church could no longer afford to employ me. So here I was, stranded between the end of what I knew, and the beginning of the unknown. Ever been there? It’s a very uncomfortable place, but also one that enables a move forward into new territory. The possibilities expand, and new opportunities present themselves. And so it was for my wife Joy and myself. Joy was busy with a private counselling practice of her own, but she too knew that we were heading in a new direction. One day we dropped into the Hamilton shop and saw the business was for sale. A few phone calls, a few meetings, a few sleepless nights, and suddenly, we’re in a new place that we could never have imagined a few short months previously. Joy and I are slowly getting to grips with how to operate a busy little shop and we’re already realising the need for help! We will sometimes call on the services of our children, Amanda aged 19 and Sarah, aged 16, but we know that we also need to employ people who can guide and instruct. We do have some future potential help in the form of a grandson, Sairis, (sounds like “Cyrus”), who is 6 months old. We have to wait a bit for that help but we look forward to influencing him as our first little “paddle rat.” Do drop in the shop and say “Hello”. We would love to catch up with you and discuss your kayaking interest and needs. Tony Barrett Waikato Paddlerat

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Aspects of Outdoor Leadership: Know Thyself The kayaking session on the lake had been postponed because of the wind, but the afternoon was full of the promise of an exciting canyoning trip. The group clomped down the muddy track, squeaking in their wetsuits, chatting nervously. The abseil into the Mangatepopo Gorge had a fierce reputation and this grey day did nothing to dispel qualms. I was in a coinstructing role, rigging the abseil for the first time, feeling as nervous as my clients both because of the activity and because the Chief Instructor, Marty Beare, was observing us. At one point in the set-up, I casually clipped the safety rope into a very thin tree branch and continued final preparations. My co-instructor noticed nothing. Marty, however, quietly sidled up to me and suggested that “The safety line anchor could be improved”. Then he showed me how. No fuss, no ego games in front of the group. Preparations complete, I clipped in and descended into the Gorge, with the river roaring far below.

Embarrassing and Enlightening Over the years I’ve thought about that moment and how embarrassing and enlightening it was for me. Embarrassing because I instantly felt like a drop-kick incompetent, because I should have known better, but had let my nervousness cloud my thinking. Embarrassing because I’d run lots of abseiling sessions, but none for quite a while and I had got rusty. It was a wake-up call, a warning not to assume knowledge will be there but to make sure it is. More significant however, was the way in which Marty conducted himself that day, with the prescience to be there in the first place, the quiet intervention and, later, the chat in the office over the cup of tea. It was an impressive display of a man at the top of his game - he recognized a potential problem, he provided the safety net, he made space for learning and growth.

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How Good Are You? One of the hardest things about developing your leadership abilities is working out how good you actually are at various skills. What do you measure yourself against? Your peers? A mentor? An industry qualification? I know people who have passed NZOIA Rock 1 with minimal experience and inconsistent set-ups, yet now hold the same qualification as someone with a vast array of climbing experiences built up over years. I have seen a group of aspirant leaders so caught up in the world that they have created around themselves that they were oblivious to their faults. No amount of suggestions, hints, or directives could convince them that they needed improvement. Their peer group provided a comforting cushion of ill-informed competence. Perhaps the key to working out where you are at, is to find someone or something that you respect and compare yourself to them or it. It may be a checklist of the qualities and attributes which an outdoor instructor should have as in the book “Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming” by Simon Priest and Mike Gass. Work through the list and ask yourself “Do I have these yet?”. If not, they become goals that you set for yourself. It could be an individual whose career you wish to emulate or whose qualities are desirable. Exposure to Marty’s calm competence and proactive involvement was something that inspired me to attain these qualities. Later, when I found myself in a similar role as Marty, I used the memory of how he had treated me, to guide my interaction with new staff.

Development Is A Conscious Decision Sometimes it’s a ‘pick’n’mix’ approach that works best - you see qualities or skills in a host of people that you desire for yourself; these provide the yardstick to measure your development. When I was learning the trade, I wanted Bev Smith’s ability to smile and play on rainy days; Mick Hopkinson’s mastery of a variety of technical pursuits; Will MacQueen’s calmness under stress; and Brian Staite’s madcap sense of humour. I consciously worked on those attributes; proof of progress came with every testing situation. Of course there are some dangers inherent in comparing yourself with others; there will always be someone who climbs or paddles harder than

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you. And what makes these people achieve in one technical area - for example, total focus - may be a handicap in a group or society. Similarly, you may have attributes that are important but not necessarily valued by a dominant peer group. Women in the outdoors often battle with a perceived lack of technical virtuosity, while their ability to empathise with and motivate students goes unnoticed. Industry qualifications, such as those offered by NZOIA (NZ Outdoor Instructors Association) or MSC (NZ Mountain Safety Council) or SKOANZ (Sea Kayak Operators Association of NZ) are a solid yardstick to compare yourself against. They hold up a pretty reasonable mirror to your abilities and provide a clear pathway to achieving technical skills. But they are a starting point, not a finish line.

What Makes You Unique? Perhaps the fastest measure of your strengths and weaknesses as an outdoor leader is to ask the people that you work with. From canyon guide to tramping club leader to sea kayak guide, every person running a show should solicit feedback at some point, from both clients and fellow workers. By having the feedback written down, it allows you to chew over it in your own time. To ensure you receive comment on what you want, make a form with specific questions that you want answered, eg: What do you feel are my strengths? How could I improve my performance as a leader? How would you rate the pre-trip planning/ information? If people are given the appropriate time and space and encouragement to fill this form out, usually you will receive honest, thoughtful answers. Lastly, we all have things to work on, and developing the ability to analyse your own performance is a necessary thing to do. But equally we all have useful skills and attributes that not only make us unique but also bring a positive spin to our leadership role. Make a list. Know thyself. One of the things I’ve discovered about myself that has been extraordinarily useful at building relationships with clients, is my love of musical trivial pursuits. Just ask “Who were the seven greatest rock guitarists as voted by Melody Maker magazine in 1969?” to the next group you have; sure as eggs someone will get hooked in!

Safety at Sea - The Law and how we can work within it by James Fitness I have always prided myself as an all round boatie. I sail, kayak, fish, all with varying qualifications. In an ideal world all sea goers would co-exist on the water, with no animosity. Unfortunately there is a culture of intolerance of others and ignorance of some rules, that if observed, would alleviate the tension between boaties.

A point of interest is that the leader of the group is not the skipper. Each individual makes his or her own decision based on the advice given by the leader. Should you decide to take a different course of action, that is your choice and you are responsible for your decision.

Over the next few issues I will be going through some of the rules and regulations of boating at sea, and what equipment you may need.

The use of Safety Flags is highly recommended and lights are compulsory (by law).

As more and more kayakers take to the water, we are increasing our chances of being involved in a maritime accident.

Make sure you know what emergency equipment you have on board, and where it is stowed. Discuss with your group what you all have as a collective. Sharing of some items may be appropriate.

It is our responsibility to reduce this risk as much as possible. The most effective way to do this is to join the boating community as a whole, looking at other users and how they operate, and joining in with communication systems, search and rescue and abiding by international protocols. If we are expecting to be rescued, then perhaps we should be looking out for others also. Kayaking is a sport that ensures an amount of freedom & choice. Some will consider this advice restrictive or costly. But with the freedom of the sea, comes the responsibility to behave in a safe way and not endanger others, especially as we expect maritime agencies to help us if we get into trouble. I suppose the most important thing to understand, is that you are in charge of your own small vessel. Every boat, regardless of its size, must have a skipper. The skipper is responsible for the safety of the boat and all people on board. (Tandems, Triples)

So, as skipper, you must ensure you have enough equipment to make the intended journey. Ensure you are as visible as possible.

Wear a lifejacket. It is law that you must wear a lifejacket when in heightened risk. Children and non-swimmers should always wear a life jacket. Only paddle in conditions that you are comfortable in, not putting yourself, or anyone else at risk (i.e. your rescuers) Get a marine weather forecast before you leave, and understand what it means. If in doubt donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go out. Make a trip report on VHF radio and stay in contact with the coastguard. Fill in a 2-minute form and leave it with someone responsible. Have a chart of the area you are in, and make sure you are aware of hazards such as rocks, tidal rips and over falls. For maritime laws that apply to boating of all shapes and sizes, visit www.maritimenz.govt.nz.

The skipper is also responsible for the compliance with all relevant rules and regulations. Remember Even though no license is required to operate a pleasure craft in New Zealand, ignorance of any Maritime Rules or Bylaws is not accepted as an excuse. Failure to comply can lead to fines or prosecution. As skipper you are responsible for ensuring you have all the appropriate gear for your journey.

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James Fitness checking his VHF weather report

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W H I T E WAT E R K AYA K I N G

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nic edmonds earned his degree in aut’s biggest classroom. it’s called “the outdoors”. Studying for an AUT qualification in outdoor recreation can really take you places. In Nic Edmonds’ case, it led to a dream job in the outdoors. “I found my calling and it must have been evident because I was offered full-time work before the semester was out.” Enrol for the Diploma in Outdoor Recreation Leadership or step up to the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation, and you’ll be learning from the best. Nic is now Recreation Co-ordinator for the Auckland Regional Council and he’s passing on his knowledge to a new generation of New Zealanders. As Nic Edmonds can confirm, it’s a career with excellent prospects. And the view from the classroom is fantastic.

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Motiti

by Lesley Noel

Spur of the moment is wonderful thing. Four Clubbies having a free Friday decided to do a trip out to Motiti Island. We had been looking at this trip for some time and conditions were ideal. We met at six am down at the end of Papamoa beach. It was dark and the only thing to be heard was the gentle lap of waves on the shore. The Island always looked so far away and I was apprehensive. We had taken two demo boats out as well as Irene’s penguin and my Tasman Elite. Big Steve took some time getting himself organized in the Challenge 5 and while he was fluffing around I took some pictures of the dawn with Roger in the Euro X. What a way to watch the sun come up, sitting on calm seas with an exciting trip ahead. The trip actually only took about an hour and a half to cover the 10 kms to Wairere Bay having gone around Taumaihi Island. Taumaihi is not an Island most of the time, it joins Motiti by a rocky causeway which can only be crossed either side of high tide. Once landed we were joined by one of the managers of the avocado orchard on the Island and with us all being interested in the place he offered to take us on a tiki tour of the Island. We walked up thru a huge cutting, made for future exports of their fruit. At the top we climbed into his four-wheel drive and he took us through the plantings up to the highest point where we could survey all. They have over 16000 avocado trees planted and will soon be a major player in the industry, as there is a micro climate on the Island which results in the fruit being ripe at least two weeks earlier than elsewhere. No possums and few rats help as well. This is a privately owned Island half by avocado growers and the other

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by Maori. An airstrip helps with transportation to and fro. A new landing/ jetty where the cut has been made will be the major way of transporting the fruit. We were back in our kayaks just in time to scrape over the rocks and not have to go around Taumaihi Island. We cruised slowly up the inside coast of Motiti rock gardening where we could. About half way up the Island is Te Rotoharakeke Point and around the corner to Orongatea Bay, where there is the only accommodation on the Island, a lodge. The beach was long and deserted and we landed to have a bite to eat. After swapping boats we cruised further up the coast to find seals on the rocks and even in the water to play with us. We made the farthermost point past Te Manaiti Point and could see the outside sea was a little rougher than where we were. Time didn’t allow us to circumnavigate the Island so we turned around and made a quick stop on the previous beach, and swapped kayaks again. Coming into the beach we disturbed at least a dozen large stingrays sunning themselves in the shallow waters. From there we took off back to the mainland keeping our eye on the radio aerial which would bring us back to the cars. It was the most awesome sea to kayak in, oily calm. Pictures don’t convey adequately the feeling. We arrived back at the beach at 3pm having to brave only a small surf landing. In summer snorkeling and swimming will be a must for a return visit and with longer days it will be another awesome trip.

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Blue Duck Territory by Louise Tuin Ruapehu is one of the last strongholds of blue ducks in New Zealand. Tucked away 25 km southwest of Taumarunui, in the bush streams and rivers of the Retaruke Valley exists a more than average healthy population of the endangered birds. Their habitat is the fast flowing rapids of the Retaruke River, their diet the larvae and flying stages of aquatic insects. Protecting these vulnerable birds is not an easy task, but a necessary one as they are high on New Zealand’s list of nationally endangered species. Doing their bit for conservation are owners of Blue Duck Lodge, Dan Steele and Louise Tuin. Blue Duck Lodge in Whakahoro, is a destination for adventure and spectacular scenery. It is a tribute to the area to have blue ducks that prefer the absolute highest quality of water. Situated in a clearing on the banks of the Retaruke River, the lodge offers comfortable accommodation for a maximum of 8 people. Guests primarily come here to retreat and relax, while enjoying the outdoors through walking, horse trekking and mountain biking over the privately owned 6000 acres farm, much of which is native bush that has been fenced off and protected for restoration. Visitors can do their own bit for conservation by kayaking parts of the Retaruke River to survey blue ducks, and fish for trout, which is deemed environmentalist as these fish compete with the blue duck for food! In order to protect the blue duck habitat, many of the riverbanks have been fenced, trap lines have been placed to catch their predator stoats and rats, and work has begun to survey and band all of the resident blue ducks. While conservation work is specifically aimed at saving the Whio, it will naturally protect all native wild life including native bats, the kiwi, which can be heard at night from the Lodge, and also a rare species of Giant Snail, which has been documented here.

water rages and kayaking is for the more adventurous with gorges, papa shoots and small waterfalls to manoeuvre. There is an immense variety of scenery here and the bush is extremely compact with lowland forest, gorges, canyons, papa rock, waterfalls and wildlife to view. The condensed scenery towers above as the kayak glides through the pristine waters. In February last year DOC counted 42 ducks on the entire stretch of the river. The upper Retaruke is comparatively untouched and the ducks are not as frequently surveyed. There are several good put in places, for a total of 2 days paddling, which can be done in two or three parts. At Whakahoro, the Retaruke flows into the Whanganui River and goes on for miles. A few hours kayak from here takes you into the heart of the Whanganui National Park and you can return to the lodge by jet boat. Explore the untouched Retaruke River, which is becoming more beautiful and special through these conservation efforts. As the blue duck numbers build up it is becoming a wild life sanctuary. In the meantime, there is work to be done, grab your kayak and come and count some ducks.

With varying levels of difficulty there is kayaking for everyone on the Retaruke River. The lower stretch is the most frequently paddled. This entails 15 km of river which can be kayaked in approximately 2 hours, with up to standard Grade 2 rapids. During last year’s survey the DOC team counted 8 ducks and banded four here. Carry a fishing rod and stop at some of the convenient picnic spots to fish. Further upriver the white

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What an absolutely fabulous event we’ve all just had! The 2006 Speight’s Coast to Coast was a ripper. We were blessed with superb weather, a fast river and a tail wind on the last cycle section. I have to go back to 1994 to match those conditions. I was ever so pleased to be able to offer everyone in the event a spot prize, the first time a major sporting event in New Zealand has done so. I will do this again for the 2007 event - the 25th Anniversary Speight’s Coast to Coast. Next year is going to be a beauty. I’m inviting back all the “originals” from 1983 to compete or to watch along with all the “original” officials. There will be a new teams section for the Interschool Championships for students between 16 and 18 years, male and female, and a few other special things that you will hear about during the year. Tell your friends who want to do the event to register on info@coasttocoast.co.nz Now relax and enjoy the rest of the summer Regards, Robin Judkins.

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Place No. Names WORLD MULTISPORT CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN MEN 1 137 RICHARD USSHER 2 176 GORDON WALKER 3 175 GORDON BLYTHEN 4 182 DICK BRUNTON 5 72 JODY ZERBST 6 141 DWARNE FARLEY 7 178 LUKE VAUGHAN 8 49 TIM PEARSON 9 184 GUY ANDREWS 10 157 HAMISH ROBB 11 159 SHAUN FAHEY 12 153 CARL BEVINS 13 179 PHIL COSTLEY 14 68 ADAM POTITO 16 169 JARAD KOHLAR 17 6 HAMISH NEALE 19 54 HAMISH LANE 20 154 MARTIN FLINTA 21 188 MICHAEL KELLY 22 108 FREDRIK LINDSTROM 23 162 IAIN DON-WAUCHOPE 25 131 LEE MORETON 27 130 SHANE SIGLE 28 88 MALCOLM MCNEILL 29 138 BLAIR COUPE 30 87 GLEN CURRIE 33 67 BRENT DURHAM 34 51 MATTHEW BLUNDELL 36 185 JEREMY PUGH 39 177 KIPTON PEARCE 40 40 ANTHONY OSWALD 41 171 SIMON KNOWLES 42 48 MATT ACHESON 43 129 MARK GEORGETTI 44 173 GUILHERME PAHL 46 111 STAFFAN KALLBACK 47 66 CRAIG BRIGHOUSE 49 63 ARRON PERRIAM 50 105 TOM SHARPE 51 2 ANDREW DILLON 52 117 GRAHAM HUNTER 53 65 TOM LUCAS 55 115 JAMES RODERICK 57 94 KIERAN FITZGERALD 58 81 GRAEME NOBLE 59 187 GARY MACPHERSON 60 32 TONY BROWNRIGG 63 1 CRAIG HAWKYARD 64 144 CHRIS DAWSON 68 128 PAUL WARE 69 156 ANDREW SLOAN 70 31 KELVIN SYME 71 85 GAVIN LLOYD 72 103 JAMES PEACOCK 77 145 JOHAN BERGMAN 79 132 LACHLAN BOYLE 82 45 PAUL RIDING 84 39 GLEN MARFELL 85 151 MIKE MACLENNAN 91 139 JONATHAN CLELAND 92 114 NATHAN HAY 93 110 SHAUN PORTEGYS 94 70 RICKY CLEMENT 95 180 CRAIG GORDON 98 97 MARCEL DAUPHIN 100 106 BRENT CHATTERTON 101 143 JENS THORILD 102 136 RYAN MENDES 103 135 JACOB WILSON 105 44 PAUL KELLY 107 8 BART MUYLLE 108 64 MIKE SHERWIN 109 14 CAMERON MUMBY 111 52 DEREK CARLINE 114 24 CALEB NICOLSON 116 89 WARREN EADE 117 53 EDWARD O’CONNOR 118 41 CALVYN CLARK 120 55 GREGORY MEIKLE 121 96 ANDREW TAYLOR 122 36 ANDREW DAY 124 124 RUPERT KERR 125 113 PETER YDGREN 126 29 SIMON MACKLE 130 4 IAIN COSSAR 137 100 JAMIE LLOYD 139 164 BRENDON RAE 141 160 ANDREW BARNES 142 71 IAIN GOVER 143 120 KERIAN HIBBS 147 9 STEPHEN GUY 149 119 TIM EVES 150 77 TAZ DAWSON 154 168 MARK BENNETT 155 82 HAMISH FARRAR 156 33 BRETT HOOD 157 84 OMID BAGHSHOMALI 159 12 DAVID HAYMAN 160 38 COLIN LAWRY 162 102 NIKLAS KAVIUS 163 112 MARK VIVIAN 167 15 ANDREW MORRISON DNF 93 THOMAS GASSER DNF 107 DAVID KOOI DNF 118 BEN THOMPSON DNF 163 TRISTAN LUPI WORLD MULTISPORT CHAMPIONSHIP VETERAN MEN (OVER 40) 15 21 SANDY INGLIS 18 50 GARY FAHEY 26 183 ALISTAIR CORY-WRIGHT 31 146 GRANT CLIFFORD 32 75 RAY HOPE 35 92 MARK FERGUSON 37 165 STEVE GLUE 54 148 NATHAN LIVINGSTONE 56 91 STEVE FRANCIS 62 28 PHILIP MACKAY 65 58 GUS BERGHEN 67 101 SIMON HAMPTON 74 104 GREG FLYNN 80 123 STEVE ROUGHAN 86 59 DON REID 89 13 GEOFF DILLON 97 155 BILL NEVILLE 99 83 ANDREW MCLEOD 104 60 KIP STANLEY-HARRIS 106 166 MARK MCNEILL 112 90 JOHN HARRIS 113 22 MIKE SAGE 127 150 BRUCE JOHNSTON 132 56 PHILLIP WILLIAMS 135 140 MICHAEL ARCHER 136 76 JUAN MCDONALD 138 73 RICHARD YOUNG

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NELSON AUCKLAND MATAKANA CHRISTCHURCH AUSTRALIA MT MAUNGANUI CHRISTCHURCH ALEXANDRA AUSTRALIA ALEXANDRA CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA NEW PLYMOUTH MT MAUNGANUI SWEDEN GIBSON VALLEY SWEDEN SOUTH AFRICA INVERCARGILL AMERICA NELSON WANAKA METHVEN HOKITIKA AUSTRALIA CHRISTCHURCH WANAKA GISBORNE AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA ENGLAND BRAZIL SWEDEN HAMILTON CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH RENWICK CHRISTCHURCH QUEENSTOWN AUSTRALIA TEMUKA HOKITIKA GREAT BRITAIN NEW PLYMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH WELLINGTON CAMBRIDGE CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND WELLINGTON AUCKLAND SWEDEN CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH BLENHEIM CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH WINTON HAWERA LEESTON AUCKLAND RANGIORA SWEDEN WEST INDIES CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND WELLINGTON HAMILTON INVERCARGILL AUCKLAND KAIAPOI LOWER HUTT CHRISTCHURCH PORIRUA DIPTON PAHIATUA CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH KAIKOURA WELLINGTON AUCKLAND GREYMOUTH SOUTH AFRICA CHRISTCHURCH WELLINGTON AUCKLAND WHANGAREI QUEENSTOWN ENGLAND WELLINGTON WHANGAREI AUCKLAND AUCKLAND OTAUTAU SWEDEN WELLINGTON WHITIANGA SWITZERLAND UNITED STATES ARROWTOWN AUCKLAND

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LYTTELTON W V 1:49:37 13 1 3:28:19 17 1 4:51:51 TIMARU W V 1:50:07 35 5 3:38:31 22 2 5:02:04 CHRISTCHURCH W V 1:50:04 33 4 3:45:32 26 3 5:08:19 HASTINGS W V 1:50:15 41 7 4:07:47 57 10 4:56:42 DUNEDIN W V 1:49:51 22 2 4:01:14 44 6 5:09:14 CHRISTCHURCH W V 1:49:54 25 3 3:54:27 37 4 5:03:32 CHRISTCHURCH W V 1:51:37 75 11 4:06:27 52 8 4:49:01 AUCKLAND W V 2:01:19 109 18 4:03:28 49 7 5:09:10 CHRISTCHURCH W V 1:51:05 67 10 4:06:44 54 9 5:12:12 FAIRLIE W V 1:51:47 79 13 3:59:21 41 5 5:22:52 WAITARA W V 1:55:25 97 16 4:14:37 70 12 5:16:39 RAKAIA W V 2:02:51 129 23 4:11:59 64 11 5:10:27 AUCKLAND W V 1:50:31 49 8 4:21:34 88 16 5:13:15 WELLINGTON W V 1:51:43 78 12 4:21:18 86 15 5:26:17 CHRISTCHURCH W V 1:50:12 40 6 4:33:59 104 18 5:02:59 CHRISTCHURCH W V 1:56:05 101 17 4:18:39 81 14 5:18:44 GREYMOUTH W V 1:50:53 57 9 4:30:06 98 17 5:31:22 WANAKA W V 1:55:16 96 15 4:35:36 105 19 5:23:00 AUCKLAND W V 2:09:43 150 28 4:36:33 107 20 5:20:17 CHRISTCHURCH W V 2:05:00 144 27 4:14:39 71 13 5:36:34 NELSON W V 2:02:42 125 20 4:54:21 133 25 5:22:14 AUCKLAND W V 1:54:48 90 14 4:37:04 108 21 5:48:56 CHRISTCHURCH W V 2:03:09 133 25 4:53:40 131 24 5:48:29 LEESTON W V 2:02:23 122 19 5:04:44 143 27 5:36:59 PALMERSTON NORTH W V 2:02:43 127 21 4:43:06 117 22 5:55:12 WELLINGTON W V 2:03:03 130 24 4:44:57 121 23 5:53:09 AUCKLAND W V 2:02:44 128 22 5:09:27 147 28 5:50:52 Race Timing Service provided by Timing New Zealand - www.TimingNewZealand.co.nz

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Cycle 1 Mountain Run Kayak Cycle 2 Overall Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl 4 1 16 20 9 15 2 3 8 23 14 10 12 37 7 18 29 11 39 21 6 52 42 34 38 58 88 46 65 60 62 17 56 59 5 28 50 81 48 89 43 69 70 51 86 31 36 82 61 84 80 73 74 24 47 26 44 64 87 103 110 54 83 106 115 27 19 91 123 66 116 72 53 77 136 138 99 134 132 145 93 160 114 85 141 162 118 92 161 139 143 100 113 146 121 140 164 153 157 105 117 120 17 172 69 177

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Speight’s Coast to Coast 2006 The Spirit of New Zealand With the 24th year under the belt, it is time once again to reflect on another fantastic event. Rob Howarth reports on some remarkable tales that make this event the backbone of New Zealand multisport.

These stories are just two out of many that make The Speight’s Coast to Coast New Zealand’s favourite multisport Race. Full race results are printed in this issue of New Zealand Kayak Magazine but congratulations to all who completed their event, whether one day or two day, teams or individual.

When Richard Ussher made his way up onto the stage for the second successive year to collect his World Championship Gold Medal, there was an air of a champion about him. Only Steve Gurney (numerous) and John Jacoby (1988/89) have won the ‘Open Men’s Longest Day’ consecutively. With the Adventure Racing World Champs still in his legs Richard Ussher was not the favourite going into this years race. However an awesome effort on the mountain run cemented his position and despite a brave attempt by second place Gordon Walker on the final bike leg (clawing back 8 minutes) he crossed the finish line at Sumner Beach just under 6 minutes ahead of Walker. Gordon Blythen , who opted out of the veteren’s category in favour of the open men’s, finished 3rd.

Watch out for a series of articles focusing on some of this year’s competitors - starting in the next issue.

Here’s to 2007.

The women’s one day race was equally close with 10 competitors finishing within 45 minutes of each other. Emily Miazga (Canada) fought back on the kayak and final bike legs to claim victory over Elina Rautila (Finland). In the individual 2 day race Benje Patterson came home ahead of Steven Mckinstry while Sophie Hart beat Chrissie Wellington (UK) in the womens event. In the 2 day teams, Neil Gellatly and Robert Loveridge claimed the men’s prize while Sarah Hayman and Eloise Watson pipped Charlotte and Madelaine Martin to the post. Richard Ussher paid homage to the hundreds of every day competitors who add atmosphere and camaraderie to this grandfather event of the Kiwi multisport calendar. He is so right, of course, we love to read about the top guys and girls but there is so much that happens further down the field. Race organizer Robin Judkins spent the previous hour or so awarding medals and telling the most amazing stories to a packed auditorium - here are just a couple!:

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Imagine cycling along the first stage and losing your contact lenses? Imagine also the horror of arriving at transition and realizing that you have no spare set and you can’t see bugger all! One brave lady decided that this was not going to stop her and off she set on the mountain run. She teamed up with another lady and they ran together toward Goat Pass. As the semi blind competitor stumbled across the rocks her new friend asked if she was ok “You seem to be tripping over quite a few rocks, are you alright?” “No” came the reply “I’ve lost my contact lenses!” Judkins jokingly worked out that the odds on the new friend having a set of identical contacts would be about 750,000:1. I guess it was the lady’s lucky day, because she did!!

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Noel Mckay from Hamilton was competing in the individual veteran men’s two day event. His race was going according to plan until the last cycle section into Christchurch. Noel was riding in a bunch and clipped the rear wheel of a competitor in front. Pop goes his wheel and he walks his bike to the side of The Old West Coast Road. There is no backup cycle support in sight. Fortunately there is plenty of local support along the Old West Coast Road and Noel gets chatting to a farmer who was sitting on the side of the road watching the race. “Your bikes buggered” said the farmer. “I know” replies Noel. “I’ve got on old 10 speed in the shed” says the farmer, “I’ll go and pump the tyres up”. Noel hops on and carries on his merry way finishing the race in a very respectable time!!

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148 27 STUART WALKER AUCKLAND W V 2:12:01 163 31 5:09:58 148 29 6:04:44 151 69 JIM WEBSTER CAMBRIDGE W V 2:04:43 142 26 5:21:31 154 30 6:00:38 158 109 TONY LOUGH AUCKLAND W V 2:11:44 159 30 4:58:04 136 26 6:18:19 164 174 COLIN SPRATT CHRISTCHURCH W V 2:27:39 168 32 5:24:15 156 31 5:57:50 168 98 DAVE MARSHALL RANGIORA W V 2:11:22 155 29 5:36:31 158 32 6:40:03 DNF 7 GRAHAM STARR CHRISTCHURCH W V 2:11:10 159 29 6:04:07 176 38 DNF 17 ROSS MCLEAN MARLBOROUGH W V 2:25:16 178 35 5:29:28 160 32 DNF 23 ANDREW THOMPSON CHRISTCHURCH W V 2:15:22 175 34 6:03:49 175 37 DNF 34 NEIL KENCH AUCKLAND W V 2:29:00 183 37 5:55:39 173 36 DNF 47 MARK CRAIG AUCKLAND W V 2:11:11 160 30 5:54:30 172 35 DNF 161 GUY MILES SOUTH AFRICA W V 2:47:10 184 38 5:44:17 166 34 34WORLD MULTISPORT CHAMPIONSHIP VETERAN WOMEN (OVER 40) 128 167 JANE MATCHETT PALMERSTON W VW 2:11:27 156 3 4:40:47 112 1 5:56:45 131 186 WENDY RIACH CHRISTCHURCH W VW 2:11:43 158 4 4:58:49 139 2 5:35:17 144 122 LINDA CRAIG AUCKLAND W VW 2:09:43 149 1 5:17:25 153 3 5:44:17 165 126 MARGARET STANLEY-HARRIS AUCKLAND W VW 2:09:45 151 2 5:53:38 166 4 6:01:26 WORLD MULTISPORT CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN WOMEN 38 158 EMILY MIAZGA CANADA W W 1:50:00 30 1 4:07:59 58 4 5:06:55 45 142 ELINA RAUTILA FINLAND W W 1:50:03 32 2 4:01:20 46 2 5:19:07 48 78 ANNA BERTHELSEN TAURANGA W W 1:51:38 76 6 3:48:50 28 1 5:23:23 61 3 SARAH CLARK TE ANAU W W 1:54:57 94 7 4:19:15 84 8 5:11:48 66 30 MELANIE SMITH ARROWTOWN W W 1:50:48 55 4 4:08:35 60 5 5:18:34 73 95 SARA WALLEN SWEDEN W W 2:01:44 112 14 4:07:39 56 3 5:19:53 75 62 AMANDA PEAKE TAUPO W W 1:50:20 45 3 4:08:59 61 6 5:29:19 76 181 JOANNA GOSSE AUCKLAND W W 1:55:27 98 9 4:21:41 89 10 5:15:10 81 149 RUTH CORNELIUS CHRISTCHURCH W W 1:51:28 71 5 4:26:08 94 11 5:20:03 83 16 FLEUR PAWSEY WELLINGTON W W 2:02:33 124 16 4:15:35 75 7 5:26:41 88 147 RACHEL CASHIN TAUMARUNUI W W 2:01:05 108 12 4:40:48 113 13 5:03:26 96 42 BRIDGET LEONARD HELENSVILLE W W 1:56:11 102 10 4:21:27 87 9 5:36:41 110 57 TRACY FLATMAN LEESTON W W 2:03:15 135 18 4:35:43 106 12 5:32:08 115 172 SILVIA GUIMARAES BRAZIL W W 2:01:00 107 11 4:42:46 115 14 5:40:22 119 10 CORRINA WEARNE CHRISTCHURCH W W 2:10:00 152 21 4:47:05 125 15 5:33:12 123 133 KATHRYN NEWBERRY CHRISTCHURCH W W 2:09:38 148 20 5:07:22 145 19 5:21:22 129 80 KIRSTINE COLLINS UPPER HUTT W W 2:02:10 119 15 4:55:30 134 17 5:39:42 134 170 DELYTH LLOYD AUSTRALIA W W 1:55:02 95 8 4:53:17 130 16 6:01:22 140 121 JO DAWE CHRISTCHURCH W W 2:01:38 111 13 4:59:30 140 18 6:00:11 145 61 RUTH BRADBROOK SOUTH CANTERBURY W W 2:03:07 131 17 5:36:44 159 21 5:30:46 152 116 IRENE FIRESTONE AUCKLAND W W 2:09:24 147 19 5:42:01 161 22 5:43:18 153 125 MEGAN DRILLER CHRISTCHURCH W W 2:25:24 166 22 5:26:47 157 20 5:43:43 161 19 ALI VAN POLANEN CHRISTCHURCH W W 2:27:32 167 23 5:46:58 163 23 5:44:11 WORLD MULTISPORT CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN CLASSIC MEN (OVER 50) 24 152 ERIC ROSS KUROW W C 1:51:11 68 2 3:51:15 33 1 4:51:57 78 99 RUSSELL TROTTER WELLINGTON W C 1:58:37 104 3 4:14:56 73 2 5:10:36 87 37 JOE SHERRIFF INVERCARGILL W C 2:02:42 126 4 4:19:10 83 3 5:16:52 90 20 BILL WALLACE PAHIATUA W C 1:51:00 63 1 4:26:55 95 4 5:24:05 133 86 TOBY NIELSEN SOUTH AFRICA W C 2:03:27 137 5 4:42:49 116 5 5:54:46 146 127 BOB WISHART CHRISTCHURCH W C 2:23:39 165 7 4:46:31 123 6 5:39:23 166 35 DAVID COYTE AUCKLAND W C 2:10:38 154 6 5:54:28 167 7 5:51:59 DNF 11 STEVE MAITLAND ROSS W C 2:13:55 174 11 7:08:30 181 12 DNF 18 BRIAN THOMPSON CHRISTCHURCH W C 2:11:55 169 10 6:47:28 180 11 DNF 25 NEIL CARTER AUCKLAND W C 2:11:33 164 9 6:32:52 178 10 DNF 79 ALLEN BERTHELSEN TAURANGA W C 1:55:37 101 3 5:21:17 154 7 DNF 134 GREG BOW AUSTRALIA W C 2:10:51 158 8 6:17:09 177 9 WORLD MULTISPORT CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIC WOMEN DNF 5 HELEN MCKENZIE INVERCARGILL W CW 2:28:51 182 1 INDIVIDUALS TWO DAY OPEN MEN 1 468 BENJE PATTERSON INVERCARGILL I M 1:53:00 1 1 3:12:50 2 2 4:40:39 2 400 STEVEN MCKINSTRY CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:02 2 2 3:12:36 1 1 4:45:48 3 500 JONATHAN CLEINE CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:56 12 12 3:34:52 3 3 4:37:06 4 559 BRUCE CLULOW CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:22 6 6 3:37:49 4 4 4:39:16 5 386 CAMERON CARTER CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:52 11 11 3:56:53 13 11 4:28:56 6 410 BRAD WILLIAMS CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:05 15 15 3:41:44 5 5 4:42:17 7 560 JAMES RICHMOND CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:15 19 19 3:43:43 7 7 4:45:39 8 350 ROBERT BRUTON AUCKLAND I M 1:53:21 5 5 3:41:55 6 6 4:43:41 9 535 BEN HOY CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:00 14 14 4:07:23 21 19 4:31:20 10 374 MATTY GRAHAM HOKITIKA I M 1:53:29 9 9 3:51:12 10 9 4:53:15 11 385 DALLAS WICHMAN CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:06 3 3 3:53:12 11 10 4:50:29 12 314 PAUL MASSIE CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:07 16 16 4:25:42 39 33 4:23:14 13 502 BEN SCHUR CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:44 25 23 4:15:30 34 29 4:33:06 15 445 SCOTT CHAPMAN CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:09 17 17 4:06:11 20 18 4:41:08 16 349 KIERAN BYRNE PICTON I M 1:58:11 37 32 4:01:04 18 16 4:49:21 17 476 NIGEL KIRK WELLINGTON I M 1:54:14 18 18 3:47:06 8 8 5:01:48 18 461 THOMOS PATTERSON CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:22 7 7 3:57:27 15 13 4:58:42 19 503 SEAN KERR CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:55:03 29 26 4:03:25 19 17 4:54:41 20 426 HAMISH MOORE NORWAY I M 1:56:49 36 31 4:07:26 22 20 4:50:41 21 405 CAMERON DURNO WELLINGTON I M 1:53:12 4 4 4:09:16 25 23 5:00:36 22 334 SCOTT GERRIE AUCKLAND I M 1:53:40 10 10 3:58:03 16 14 5:06:58 23 305 MATT MARK CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:58 27 25 4:17:09 35 30 4:45:43 25 371 JASON STOSSEL CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:55:25 32 28 4:12:10 30 26 4:48:18 26 375 MARK DEACON BALCLUTHA I M 1:54:42 24 22 4:17:39 36 31 4:51:36 27 458 BRENT HERDSON QUEENSTOWN I M 2:04:14 88 64 4:29:41 42 36 4:39:50 29 357 LARRY NEAL ASHBURTON I M 1:55:27 33 29 3:58:03 17 15 5:25:30 30 392 ADAM HOLMES CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:55:06 30 27 4:11:23 29 25 4:56:01 32 429 GAVIN BONNER AUCKLAND I M 1:54:20 20 20 4:09:20 26 24 5:11:27 33 505 WAYNE BARTLETT WANAKA I M 2:01:25 62 50 3:57:18 14 12 5:08:07 34 384 EWEN LIVINGSTONE NEW PLYMOUTH I M 2:00:32 56 45 4:12:34 31 27 5:09:26 36 329 BEVAN O’SHAUGHNESSY QUEENSTOWN I M 2:03:59 83 60 4:07:54 23 21 5:09:30 37 491 HAYDEN BARKER PLEASANT POINT I M 1:59:33 48 38 4:12:58 32 28 5:01:35 38 533 PHIL PAGE DUNEDIN I M 1:58:17 38 33 4:32:06 45 39 4:55:50 39 324 LUKE NUTTALL CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:58 13 13 4:37:57 58 44 4:55:37 41 517 NATHAN TOPP REEFTON I M 1:59:15 45 35 4:07:58 24 22 5:18:58 42 451 SAM GOODALL WHANGAPARAOA I M 1:59:43 51 41 4:35:11 51 42 4:57:00 44 459 MATTHEW LAWLOR BALCLUTHA I M 2:00:36 57 46 4:24:25 38 32 4:57:41 45 492 WAYNE SPEAKMAN GREYMOUTH I M 1:58:40 42 34 5:06:06 103 70 4:35:11 46 363 RUPERT MACLACHLAN CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:53:29 8 8 4:49:46 74 53 5:04:30 47 456 MATTHEW MURPHY NAPIER I M 1:56:00 35 30 4:27:12 40 34 5:12:01 48 498 TOM BUTLER CANTERBURY I M 2:04:03 85 62 4:35:02 50 41 5:02:52 49 531 PAUL GLANVILLE TAUPO I M 2:01:41 63 51 4:52:28 79 57 4:50:36 50 414 NIGEL BOWEN TIMARU I M 2:03:39 79 58 4:27:26 41 35 5:02:20 51 496 JONNY SIM CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:59:39 50 40 4:40:13 60 46 5:05:47 53 369 PAUL CALDER CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:38 23 21 4:44:46 64 49 5:00:15 55 434 VAUGHAN REED AUCKLAND I M 2:06:18 111 73 4:31:14 43 37 4:54:07 58 508 NICK STEWART CHRISTCHURCH I M 1:54:48 26 24 4:36:07 52 43 5:19:08 60 538 KEN PAGE NELSON I M 1:59:58 52 42 4:32:40 47 40 5:20:58 63 303 GEOFF SPARK RANGIORA I M 2:05:17 104 69 4:40:36 61 47 5:12:58 66 554 PAUL GURNEY GREYMOUTH I M 2:00:21 53 43 4:43:18 63 48 5:09:00 67 376 ANDREW DAVIES CHRISTCHURCH I M 2:01:00 60 49 5:04:12 98 66 4:57:17 68 322 ANDREW BULL CHRISTCHURCH I M 2:13:00 135 88 4:38:26 59 45 5:00:38 69 489 DAMIEN WARD TAKAPAU I M 2:04:05 86 63 4:53:52 81 59 5:05:47 70 307 SIMON BOWDEN WANAKA I M 2:02:40 69 55 4:47:17 68 51 4:58:28 74 561 CHARLIE O’NEILL ALEXANDRA I M 2:05:45 107 71 4:44:50 65 50 5:24:31 78 348 TIM SILVA ASHBURTON I M 2:04:40 96 66 4:59:21 91 64 5:01:08 80 325 SIMON PRANGELL PREBBLETON I M 1:59:20 46 36 5:09:31 110 72 5:10:08 81 330 MICHAEL GALLAGHER ASHBURTON I M 2:01:42 64 52 4:55:50 86 62 5:13:25 86 341 RICHARD GORDON WELLINGTON I M 2:03:11 74 56 4:55:12 85 61 5:18:27 87 308 PHILLIP LASH WHANGAREI I M 2:03:46 80 59 5:05:15 101 69 5:03:33 89 515 PAUL ANDERSON WELLINGTON I M 2:00:30 55 44 4:54:24 84 60 5:30:51 91 547 HAYDEN HICKEY WANAKA I M 2:04:00 84 61 5:04:39 100 68 5:22:27 97 407 NICHOLAS BUDDICOM AUCKLAND I M 2:00:51 59 48 5:04:35 99 67 5:30:01 99 519 MILAN TALLEY MOTUEKA I M 2:07:58 115 75 4:53:28 80 58 5:27:36 101 536 ANDREW BAILEY KAIAPOI I M 2:04:39 95 65 5:18:36 120 79 5:23:43 102 311 DAVE BARLOW CHRISTCHURCH I M 2:05:13 102 68 5:17:11 117 77 5:27:06 104 387 PAUL RENWICK WELLINGTON I M 2:14:15 138 91 5:06:24 104 71 5:04:32 105 446 ERIK PERSEN NELSON I M 1:59:36 49 39 5:19:02 121 80 5:27:17 106 537 CRAIG RADFORD CHRISTCHURCH I M 2:06:09 109 72 5:33:36 140 87 5:08:19 107 378 AUSTIN HEFFERNAN OTOROHANGA I M 2:00:37 58 47 5:13:46 115 75 5:34:26 108 564 DAVID RUSSELL AUSTRALIA I M 2:05:20 105 70 5:10:45 114 74 5:29:50 109 516 ROYCE GREAVES PAEROA I M 2:21:00 160 98 5:09:45 111 73 5:23:38 111 304 JASON GREEN UPPER HUTT I M 2:01:56 65 53 4:51:38 77 55 5:37:11 112 310 NICK GREEN WELLINGTON I M 2:01:57 66 54 4:51:38 76 54 5:50:30 114 469 ESPEN SEIDEL NORWAY I M 2:11:26 127 82 4:48:42 71 52 5:28:29 115 421 CHARLES STOCKTON AUSTRALIA I M 2:05:12 101 67 4:31:31 44 38 6:01:34 117 479 GAVIN BORTHWICK ASHBURTON I M 2:09:31 118 77 4:57:00 88 63 5:57:53 118 510 IAIN BANKS SCOTLAND I M 2:12:35 132 85 5:20:44 125 82 5:24:19 125 513 BLAKE FINNIGAN HAMILTON I M 2:03:19 76 57 6:06:21 178 99 4:59:35 Race Timing Service provided by Timing New Zealand - www.TimingNewZealand.co.nz

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158 155 163 151 166

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140 150 166 163 167

26 29 31 30 32

15:56:20 16:01:54 16:24:43 16:38:35 17:27:27

148 151 158 164 168

28 29 30 31 32

150 108 131 157

3 1 2 4

2:15:34 2:22:00 2:27:59 2:37:13

109 121 137 153

1 2 3 4

15:04:32 15:07:49 15:39:23 16:42:01

128 131 144 165

1 2 3 4

35 67 82 48 64 69 93 53 70 90 31 111 100 124 103 74 122 156 154 96 127 129 130

2 6 10 3 5 7 12 4 8 11 1 16 14 18 15 9 17 23 22 13 19 20 21

1:55:22 2:02:17 2:14:04 2:01:14 2:11:46 2:05:19 2:06:57 2:04:17 2:01:21 2:00:18 2:02:34 2:07:00 2:17:20 2:18:18 2:16:45 2:14:57 2:29:12 2:23:01 2:25:18 2:30:01 2:32:39 2:32:48 2:33:29

11 44 100 39 91 57 64 52 40 33 46 65 115 116 114 105 139 124 131 141 145 146 147

1 5 12 3 11 8 9 7 4 2 6 10 15 16 14 13 19 17 18 20 21 22 23

13:00:15 13:12:46 13:17:53 13:27:13 13:29:42 13:34:33 13:35:34 13:36:33 13:38:59 13:45:05 13:47:52 14:01:18 14:28:25 14:42:25 14:47:00 14:53:18 15:06:32 15:12:41 15:26:36 15:40:36 16:07:20 16:08:41 16:32:08

38 45 48 61 66 73 75 76 81 83 88 96 110 115 119 123 129 134 140 145 152 153 161

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2:01:41 2:14:05 2:08:26 2:08:02 2:28:20 3:01:53 2:47:45

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24 78 87 90 133 146 166

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9 16 6 7 2 11 14 12 3 24 19 1 4 10 18 48 37 26 21 42 63 15 17 23 8 118 32 76 65 68 69 46 30 28 96 33 35 5 54 80 51 20 49 59 39 25 97 102 81 67 34 43 58 36 116 44 71 83 93 52 141 106 138 129 112 125 55 127 66 154 137 111 162 186 132 212 201 115 38

9 15 6 7 2 11 13 12 3 22 18 1 4 10 17 39 32 24 20 35 48 14 16 21 8 70 27 55 49 52 53 38 26 25 61 28 30 5 43 56 41 19 40 47 34 23 62 63 57 51 29 36 46 31 69 37 54 59 60 42 80 64 78 73 67 71 44 72 50 85 77 66 87 96 75 110 104 68 33

1:53:18 1:55:07 1:54:26 1:56:31 1:52:15 1:57:52 1:52:53 2:02:39 1:55:43 1:57:04 1:58:48 1:57:58 1:59:17 2:02:38 1:56:41 2:02:09 2:01:26 1:58:08 1:58:14 1:53:06 2:03:06 2:04:13 2:06:51 1:58:49 1:55:47 1:53:57 2:10:50 1:59:06 2:13:21 1:58:37 2:01:28 2:09:07 1:57:17 1:59:45 2:04:58 2:01:09 2:12:10 1:56:44 1:53:05 2:06:36 2:00:47 1:59:44 2:12:10 2:00:01 2:06:56 2:16:47 2:02:55 2:00:18 2:00:04 2:08:37 1:59:12 2:09:46 1:58:42 2:14:02 1:54:33 2:13:41 2:00:43 2:09:14 2:11:01 2:15:29 2:04:02 2:00:50 2:05:51 2:13:23 1:58:18 1:56:47 2:23:16 2:04:13 2:03:30 2:04:14 2:07:55 2:01:33 2:25:42 2:14:43 2:31:35 2:24:12 2:07:16 2:14:35 2:12:54

5 11 8 14 1 23 2 55 12 18 30 24 35 54 15 52 48 25 26 4 60 66 75 31 13 6 97 32 116 28 49 89 19 37 70 46 107 16 3 73 44 36 106 39 76 132 57 41 40 83 33 93 29 120 9 119 43 90 100 126 64 45 71 117 27 17 163 67 61 68 79 50 175 124 200 169 77 122 112

5 9 7 12 1 18 2 44 10 16 25 19 29 43 13 42 39 20 21 4 46 49 55 26 11 6 64 27 70 23 40 61 17 31 52 38 68 14 3 54 36 30 67 32 56 79 45 34 33 59 28 63 24 73 8 72 35 62 65 77 48 37 53 71 22 15 90 50 47 51 58 41 97 76 111 93 57 75 69

11:39:45 11:46:32 12:00:20 12:06:56 12:11:55 12:15:56 12:16:28 12:21:34 12:28:26 12:34:58 12:35:34 12:40:59 12:42:37 12:44:05 12:45:16 12:45:17 12:50:57 12:51:17 12:53:09 12:56:09 13:01:47 13:02:02 13:02:43 13:02:45 13:09:31 13:12:57 13:13:18 13:14:12 13:20:10 13:21:09 13:22:49 13:23:11 13:23:28 13:27:15 13:31:08 13:33:02 13:34:51 13:36:40 13:40:49 13:41:48 13:42:43 13:44:27 13:45:34 13:45:40 13:46:34 13:48:25 13:52:57 13:53:53 13:58:53 14:01:16 14:01:40 14:01:50 14:02:25 14:02:27 14:09:39 14:18:49 14:19:41 14:20:10 14:27:51 14:28:01 14:29:45 14:31:56 14:41:17 14:42:24 14:45:15 14:46:16 14:48:26 14:50:07 14:51:33 14:53:02 14:53:48 14:55:55 14:56:26 14:58:47 15:00:12 15:02:29 15:11:40 15:12:11 15:22:08

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Richard Ussher

Designers & Constructors of Multisport & Adventure Racing Kayaks Phone/Fax 06 374 6222 E-mail:- mike@ruahinekayaks.co.nz Website:-www.ruahinekayaks.com

Team Balance Vector Southern Traverse 2005

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126 455 KEVIN DEANE 129 562 MATT LOVE 130 549 BRENDAN HILLS 132 552 PAUL LOCKINGTON 138 403 NATHAN FACER 140 328 CHRISTIAN SCOTT 143 362 CHRIS BARRIE 148 367 ANDREW BRYDON 150 457 SHANE BROWN 152 346 ROBIN FRANCIS 156 453 STANLEY HEBDEN 158 380 CRAIG THOMAS 162 463 DEAN TAYLOR 166 428 AIDAN HAIG 172 321 GUY GIBBS 174 480 EUAN MCINTOSH 176 481 JEREMY HUTTON 180 490 GEOFF MEAD 181 501 MIKE PATERSON 182 499 BRENT CLIFFORD 184 436 BRETT JENKINS 185 309 GLENN DRUMMOND 187 512 JOSHUA HAMILTON 189 327 VINCENT PINK 191 338 DAVE PIERSON 192 540 PATRICK ANELAY 193 347 BEN LANGDON 194 566 KEITH GERRITSEN 199 462 DAN BENTLEY 202 544 MURRAY KIRKNESS 207 356 DAVID RIELLY 208 437 CURTIS JENKINS 209 483 MICHAEL KING 210 484 FRASER MACKINTOSH 212 360 GREG WATSON 213 411 MARK SMITHERAM 216 388 CHRIS MONEY 219 511 CHRIS MUSSELL 220 425 TROY BATTERS 221 379 SHANE THOMAS 222 523 ALISTAIR GRIEG 230 391 GRANT FOSTER 235 339 MICHAEL MACDONALD 237 412 RUSSELL LOVATT DNF 332 SEPPO PIETERSE DNF 333 COEN VERBERK DNF 568 MARK POLLOCK DNF 569 JOSH STEVENSON INDIVIDUALS TWO DAY OPEN WOMEN 28 539 SOPHIE HART 35 435 CHRISSIE WELLINGTON 40 344 LIZ BLAZEY 54 370 SARAH MCCORMICK 61 394 KATHARINE EUSTACE 62 464 GEMMA TUKAKI 64 571 BELINDA RUTHERFORD 65 572 SARA RUTHERFORD 71 507 JESSICA MEYER 73 542 PENNY WILLOCKS 75 406 KIM JOHNSTON 77 393 STACEY PRICE 83 570 JANE BENNETT 90 557 RACHEL OCKELFORD 93 522 HILARY MURPHY 95 382 REBECCA MCLEAN 127 475 KIM MURRAY 128 548 LEAH SCALES 135 494 RACHEL SUMMERFIELD 142 495 ANNA ROBAK 145 337 RACHEL PINNY 147 318 ROBYN DUNMORE 149 422 EMMA PETERSON 155 474 STEPH LEVIEN 159 530 BRENDA CRUMMEY 165 486 EMILY DAVIES 171 326 CAROLINE REA 183 377 JOANNE BOS 196 409 FIONA HUNT 211 439 GRETCHEN SAULBREY 218 534 HELEN JOHNSTON 225 524 TERESA CARROLL 226 335 HAYLEY STEVENSON DNF 390 JULIA TOWNSEND INDIVIDUALS TWO DAY VETERAN MEN (OVER 40) 14 358 PHILIP MORREAU 24 471 ANDREW FRASER 31 518 SIMON BLINCOE 43 342 GLEN WRIGHT 52 472 BRUCE MCKAY 56 365 CLINTON FINDLAY 57 567 TIM PIDSLEY 59 470 TONY MIDDENDORF 72 488 DAVE TRUSCOTT 76 424 DOUGLAS LOWRY 79 301 GUY GILLESPIE 82 399 EVAN TAYLOR 84 450 TIM JAMES 85 431 GORDON SLOANE 88 473 GRAEME PRIEST 92 497 IAN BAIN 96 438 WARWICK SMITH 98 520 DAVID STUART 100 527 MITCHELL POTTER 103 366 JOHN HARRIS 110 558 CARL FERGUSON 113 543 SIMON BEAMISH 116 440 COLIN PRESCOTT 119 302 LINDSAY WILLIAMS 120 320 GARI BICKERS 121 526 PAUL DU TOIT 122 418 IAN GIBSON 123 415 BRIAN FREDRIC 124 493 RICHARD BELTON 131 316 ROB SPRAY 134 398 ALEX ADAMS 136 482 ARNON LONGRIDGE 137 396 TONY SVENSEN 139 528 GARRY COLEMAN 141 397 PETER DE GOLDI 146 404 IAN VERNEL 151 402 DOUG MCKIRDY 154 525 BRUCE WARBURTON 160 521 CHRIS SMITH 161 423 NEAL WALLACE 163 442 TONY SCOTT 164 383 WARREN HAGGERTY 167 420 LEIGH DAVIS 170 532 MARTIN DE JONG 177 485 ADRIAN GRIFFITHS 186 441 MIKE KELLY 188 514 WAYNE JONES 190 313 GAVIN GOBLE 195 565 KEVIN JOHNSON 197 336 RON MCKINLEY 198 413 GRAHAM ALEXANDER

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120 134 136 177 208 126 47 167 141 117 144 133 201 162 174 113 187 152 155 210 128 139 194 125 221 217 171 227 124 189 179 199 204 203 173 153 137 202 130 185 239 219 233 230 231 57 228 227

78 87 89 104 115 81 37 100 93 76 94 86 111 99 103 74 107 95 97 116 83 92 109 80 119 117 101 120 79 108 105 110 114 113 102 96 90 112 84 106 123 118 122 121 123 46 121 120

5:49:18 5:02:32 5:17:38 5:16:58 4:52:19 5:35:00 5:20:01 5:41:25 5:39:10 5:58:36 5:30:30 6:05:32 5:24:50 6:20:23 5:32:30 6:29:52 5:45:21 6:08:46 6:11:49 5:37:58 5:37:26 6:12:30 6:06:30 7:19:56 6:06:32 6:04:21 6:06:23 6:19:15 5:57:39 6:49:23 7:29:37 6:37:09 7:04:52 7:04:54 5:32:34 7:21:53 6:49:53 7:08:34 6:40:06 7:34:54 6:16:58 8:12:03 8:44:43 8:21:24 8:48:24 9:26:25

162 93 119 116 78 143 123 154 150 169 135 177 128 197 137 204 158 182 186 149 148 188 180 222 181 175 179 196 167 209 224 205 213 214 138 223 210 219 207 226 193 230 237 232 244 246

94 65 78 76 56 88 81 92 91 96 84 98 83 108 85 109 93 103 104 90 89 105 101 117 102 97 100 107 95 112 119 110 114 115 86 118 113 116 111 120 106 121 123 122 124 125

5:05:35 5:45:34 5:41:04 5:27:53 6:00:35 5:36:49 6:07:08 5:33:46 5:49:12 5:30:28 5:56:36 5:38:41 5:55:31 5:13:24 6:11:35 5:32:25 6:08:04 5:52:04 5:54:47 6:10:55 6:53:10 5:59:24 5:59:25 5:22:45 5:49:36 5:55:13 5:43:41 5:54:17 7:03:12 5:56:00 5:29:00 6:15:56 5:32:00 5:32:54 7:30:00 5:44:04 6:21:16 6:00:41 5:46:50 6:01:09 6:06:38 6:26:32 6:04:32 6:55:56

57 176 172 131 209 159 219 152 182 139 198 164 196 82 222 147 220 189 194 221 234 205 206 110 184 195 174 193 236 197 135 223 145 149 237 175 224 210 177 211 216 229 215 235

45 92 89 74 107 86 113 84 94 79 103 88 101 58 116 82 114 97 99 115 120 105 106 65 95 100 90 98 122 102 76 117 81 83 123 91 118 108 93 109 112 119 111 121

2:17:13 2:25:30 2:17:06 2:19:58 2:11:39 2:20:06 2:21:33 2:21:59 2:18:05 2:25:23 2:28:05 2:14:17 2:26:10 2:32:19 2:26:04 2:28:41 2:17:18 2:29:31 2:24:09 2:29:21 2:15:54 2:32:04 2:24:43 2:08:50 2:32:09 2:31:02 3:01:44 2:23:08 2:21:51 2:29:12 2:27:16 2:30:29 2:44:51 2:44:00 2:28:22 2:33:23 2:36:36 2:32:14 3:34:31 2:23:17 2:27:22 2:30:32 2:53:23 2:53:54

134 174 133 145 103 146 151 155 140 173 183 121 179 206 178 186 135 192 168 189 128 202 172 84 203 199 234 162 153 188 180 197 225 222 185 210 217 205 239 164 181 198 229 230

81 96 80 84 66 85 86 88 83 95 102 74 99 115 98 104 82 107 92 106 78 112 94 60 113 110 122 89 87 105 100 108 119 118 103 116 117 114 123 91 101 109 120 121

15:22:55 15:26:26 15:28:56 15:29:56 15:36:56 15:43:19 15:48:02 15:58:40 16:01:23 16:03:45 16:11:03 16:11:13 16:17:00 16:27:14 16:34:29 16:37:23 16:38:05 16:47:29 16:49:00 16:51:00 16:58:19 16:58:41 16:58:54 17:02:53 17:06:42 17:06:53 17:15:30 17:24:09 17:34:00 17:42:21 17:51:24 17:52:32 17:53:07 17:53:10 17:55:12 17:56:37 18:01:01 18:12:50 18:13:43 18:26:05 18:33:00 19:46:35 20:45:45 21:06:30

126 129 130 132 138 140 143 148 150 152 156 158 162 166 172 174 176 180 181 182 184 185 187 189 191 192 193 194 199 202 207 208 209 210 212 213 216 219 220 221 222 230 235 237

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123

OHOPE UNITED KINGDOM CHRISTCHURCH RAKAIA WANAKA CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH RANGIORA CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH WELLINGTON NGARUAWAHIA WELLINGTON AUCKLAND AUCKLAND WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH ASHBURTON TE AROHA WELLINGTON KAIKOURA DUNEDIN GREYMOUTH TARANAKI AUCKLAND AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH CAMBRIDGE QUEENSTOWN TIMARU

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W

1:58:59 1:54:25 1:58:52 2:00:26 1:58:35 2:04:08 2:04:22 2:04:21 2:02:15 2:03:28 2:02:55 2:02:44 2:06:04 2:03:13 2:06:16 2:04:16 2:16:45 2:15:38 2:14:54 2:33:31 2:16:12 2:18:38 2:16:00 2:22:20 2:19:56 2:21:04 2:27:57 2:28:07 2:42:23 2:36:15 2:31:25 2:38:10 3:06:00 2:20:46

44 21 43 54 41 87 92 91 68 77 72 70 108 75 110 89 150 142 140 211 146 156 145 169 158 161 191 192 223 216 205 220 235 163

4 1 3 5 2 11 14 13 6 10 8 7 15 9 16 12 21 18 17 29 20 22 19 25 23 24 26 27 32 30 28 31 33 24

4:10:05 3:56:49 4:37:49 4:49:42 4:49:54 4:41:28 4:37:18 4:37:19 4:48:01 4:46:01 4:54:09 4:32:30 5:09:58 5:07:48 5:08:58 5:08:29 5:39:13 5:27:24 5:19:17 5:35:34 5:42:37 5:43:31 5:55:42 6:00:18 6:10:07 6:14:03 6:14:34 6:02:35 6:55:04 6:03:14 7:08:32 8:11:20 7:41:52 6:01:52

27 12 57 73 75 62 54 55 70 66 82 46 112 107 109 108 151 132 122 144 156 157 166 171 183 190 191 173 211 174 218 229 227 176

2 1 6 10 11 7 4 5 9 8 12 3 16 13 15 14 20 18 17 19 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 25 30 26 31 33 32 25

5:06:39 5:32:09 4:51:18 4:55:20 5:01:24 5:00:29 5:15:24 5:15:48 5:05:58 5:14:30 5:17:02 5:14:55 5:02:31 5:18:48 5:10:16 5:17:00 5:10:47 5:21:54 5:35:23 5:28:34 5:28:37 5:38:08 5:40:07 5:27:21 5:20:53 5:25:45 5:27:17 5:50:49 5:34:10 6:44:24 5:58:51 5:39:14 5:48:22

62 146 22 27 45 40 87 88 60 84 91 86 50 94 72 90 74 104 158 133 134 163 171 128 100 120 126 188 153 232 202 167 180

7 24 1 2 4 3 12 13 6 10 15 11 5 16 8 14 9 18 26 22 23 27 29 21 17 19 20 31 25 33 32 28 30

1:55:05 1:59:14 2:02:42 2:01:46 2:04:04 2:08:24 2:02:59 2:03:43 2:07:25 2:03:41 1:57:32 2:24:34 2:06:20 2:01:24 2:10:00 2:08:22 2:16:31 2:20:20 2:22:40 2:09:02 2:28:20 2:18:02 2:08:54 2:18:17 2:21:45 2:20:59 2:22:11 2:29:53 2:18:37 2:30:15 2:32:02 2:30:15 2:25:51

10 34 56 51 65 82 58 63 78 62 21 171 72 47 94 81 131 147 158 88 184 138 86 142 152 150 156 194 143 196 201 195 176

1 3 6 5 10 14 7 9 12 8 2 27 11 4 17 13 18 22 26 16 29 19 15 20 24 23 25 30 21 32 33 31 28

13:10:47 13:22:36 13:30:39 13:47:13 13:53:57 13:54:28 14:00:02 14:01:10 14:03:38 14:07:38 14:11:36 14:14:42 14:24:52 14:31:11 14:35:28 14:38:06 15:23:15 15:25:15 15:32:12 15:46:40 15:55:46 15:58:17 16:00:41 16:08:15 16:12:39 16:21:51 16:31:57 16:51:23 17:30:13 17:54:08 18:10:49 18:58:58 19:02:05

28 35 40 54 61 62 64 65 71 73 75 77 83 90 93 95 127 128 135 142 145 147 149 155 159 165 171 183 196 211 218 225 226

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

AUCKLAND I V 1:55:01 28 2 3:50:14 9 1 5:04:18 CAMBRIDGE I V 1:55:45 34 4 4:10:53 28 2 4:55:53 AUCKLAND I V 1:55:10 31 3 4:14:39 33 3 5:00:35 AUCKLAND I V 1:54:27 22 1 4:19:53 37 4 5:22:42 QUEENSTOWN I V 2:03:50 81 12 4:47:24 69 10 4:45:21 LOBURN I V 2:02:59 73 10 4:37:05 53 7 5:01:48 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:06:26 112 23 4:37:38 56 8 5:06:02 QUEENSTOWN I V 1:58:26 40 6 4:46:02 67 9 5:11:16 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:04:23 93 15 4:34:39 49 6 5:21:46 ASHBURTON I V 2:01:07 61 7 4:58:11 90 15 5:11:58 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:11:16 122 27 4:34:35 48 5 5:10:46 KAIAPOI I V 2:04:56 98 18 4:49:39 72 11 5:19:34 AUCKLAND I V 2:02:13 67 8 5:03:01 96 18 5:07:14 NELSON I V 2:03:38 78 11 4:54:10 83 12 5:20:46 OXFORD I V 2:05:09 99 19 5:02:44 95 17 5:09:38 OTOROHANGA I V 2:05:14 103 21 5:03:05 97 19 5:14:43 AUCKLAND I V 2:04:38 94 16 5:06:55 105 21 5:22:39 CROMWELL I V 2:03:59 82 13 4:58:10 89 14 5:23:46 UNITED STATES I V 2:16:23 148 32 5:20:36 124 25 4:55:41 GISBORNE I V 2:05:22 106 22 5:02:40 94 16 5:31:38 AUSTRALIA I V 2:10:31 119 26 5:24:38 127 27 5:05:34 HASTINGS I V 2:02:45 71 9 5:07:24 106 22 5:37:02 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:16:14 147 31 5:10:44 113 23 5:31:26 TIMARU I V 1:58:23 39 5 4:56:24 87 13 5:59:57 WELLINGTON I V 2:04:43 97 17 5:22:21 126 26 5:34:56 AUSTRALIA I V 2:04:18 90 14 5:33:30 139 32 5:25:33 AUCKLAND I V 2:21:12 163 38 5:17:32 118 24 5:27:00 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:06:49 114 24 5:34:26 142 34 5:16:52 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:08:43 116 25 5:25:23 131 29 5:32:58 AUCKLAND I V 2:12:34 131 30 5:35:41 145 35 5:27:47 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:11:53 129 29 5:30:23 134 30 5:33:33 KAIKOHE I V 2:28:40 195 50 5:05:37 102 20 5:39:26 AUCKLAND I V 2:21:26 165 39 5:25:07 130 28 5:30:42 AUCKLAND I V 2:21:53 168 40 5:36:09 146 36 5:20:55 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:05:10 100 20 6:04:35 176 45 5:18:54 CUST I V 2:25:32 180 44 5:41:17 153 39 5:18:06 TIMARU I V 2:11:17 123 28 6:28:47 203 54 5:11:28 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:26:31 183 47 5:33:43 141 33 5:31:40 AUCKLAND I V 2:16:47 151 34 6:18:40 194 49 5:25:01 DUNEDIN I V 2:16:33 149 33 5:40:58 152 38 5:50:01 AUCKLAND I V 2:20:25 159 37 5:54:19 165 41 5:26:56 INVERCARGILL I V 2:18:39 157 36 6:23:36 199 52 5:22:11 AUCKLAND I V 2:24:08 172 41 6:18:57 195 50 5:25:50 AUCKLAND I V 2:25:33 181 45 5:49:14 161 40 5:47:53 AUCKLAND I V 2:32:23 207 55 5:31:26 136 31 6:03:43 AUCKLAND I V 2:26:00 182 46 5:58:06 168 42 5:59:20 NELSON I V 2:27:52 190 49 5:59:21 170 43 6:06:55 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:35:52 215 59 6:21:22 198 51 5:38:55 AUSTRALIA I V 2:37:01 218 60 6:10:10 184 46 6:00:17 AUCKLAND I V 2:31:37 206 54 6:16:31 192 48 6:02:15 CHRISTCHURCH I V 2:28:49 197 52 7:32:12 225 61 5:22:43 Race Timing Service provided by Timing New Zealand - www.TimingNewZealand.co.nz

53 31 41 108 13 47 61 75 103 79 73 98 64 99 70 85 107 113 29 143 56 161 142 207 157 119 124 89 150 130 151 168 140 101 95 92 77 144 117 185 123 105 121 178 214 204 218 166 208 213 109

6 3 4 25 1 5 8 12 22 14 11 19 9 20 10 15 24 27 2 36 7 42 35 55 40 29 32 16 38 33 39 44 34 21 18 17 13 37 28 48 31 23 30 46 58 54 60 43 56 57 26

1:54:10 1:59:56 2:03:01 1:57:47 2:09:27 2:10:50 2:02:37 1:57:30 2:04:33 2:00:42 2:22:54 2:10:07 2:12:35 2:08:58 2:12:07 2:10:34 2:06:40 2:16:09 2:12:17 2:08:08 2:15:17 2:12:11 2:11:39 2:18:04 2:10:51 2:11:25 2:09:40 2:18:12 2:11:04 2:13:37 2:16:11 2:20:37 2:17:30 2:23:31 2:14:42 2:32:11 2:12:11 2:34:47 2:13:08 2:29:23 2:35:37 2:15:44 2:18:59 2:28:44 2:33:03 2:35:29 2:25:59 2:29:29 2:41:42 2:40:36 2:08:51

7 38 59 22 91 98 53 20 69 42 159 95 111 87 105 96 74 129 110 80 125 108 104 139 99 102 92 141 101 118 130 148 137 165 123 204 109 211 114 190 214 127 144 187 209 212 177 191 221 219 85

1 4 7 3 13 17 6 2 8 5 40 15 26 12 22 16 9 32 25 10 30 23 21 35 18 20 14 36 19 28 33 38 34 42 29 48 24 51 27 46 53 31 37 45 50 52 43 47 59 57 11

12:43:42 13:02:26 13:13:25 13:34:47 13:46:01 13:52:41 13:52:41 13:53:14 14:05:20 14:11:57 14:19:31 14:24:16 14:25:03 14:27:32 14:29:37 14:33:35 14:40:51 14:42:02 14:44:57 14:47:46 14:55:59 14:59:21 15:10:03 15:12:47 15:12:49 15:14:45 15:15:23 15:16:18 15:18:06 15:29:38 15:31:58 15:34:19 15:34:45 15:42:27 15:43:20 15:57:06 16:03:43 16:06:41 16:13:35 16:16:54 16:17:17 16:20:09 16:27:53 16:31:22 16:40:34 16:58:54 17:00:06 17:05:37 17:29:10 17:30:59 17:32:34

14 24 31 43 52 56 57 59 72 76 79 82 84 85 88 92 96 98 100 103 110 113 116 119 120 121 122 123 124 131 134 136 137 139 141 146 151 154 160 161 163 164 167 170 177 186 188 190 195 197 198

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

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Cycle 1 Mountain Run Kayak Cycle 2 Overall Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl

Place No. Names

City / Country

Ev Sect Time

201 551 JACK TALBOT 204 359 EVAN MCNEILL 205 355 DOUGLAS STEVENS 206 319 NORMAN CHAN 214 351 PETER SQUIRES 215 373 JAMES BROWN 217 506 BRIAN HILDYARD 223 509 MIKE WARD 224 430 TONY MORKANE 227 315 TIM POLLARD 229 331 VICTOR ALLIS 231 352 MARTIN MOORE CORRY 232 444 JOHN SHANAHAN 234 417 JIM HOLDEN 236 345 NOEL MCKAY DNF 306 JEFF STANILAND DNF 317 PETER MATHIESON DNF 340 ROB MARSHALL DNF 364 BRIAN GOUGH DNF 408 KEN STIRLING DNF 449 DAVID HILLS DNF 504 NEVILLE GEARY INDIVIDUALS TWO DAY VETERAN WOMEN (OVER 40) 94 487 ALISON HAMILTON 133 465 ROBYN BLAKE 144 395 LIBBY SVENSEN 153 353 MAFI WALZL 157 368 KATHY ASKIN 168 381 JENNI GUARD 169 454 MARY BAILEY 173 312 WENDY GOBLE 175 354 CARLOYN HAWE 178 545 SUSAN TURNER 179 432 ALISON JARVIS 200 427 LYNDSAY GOUGH 203 416 LIZ MILLOW 228 372 KATHY KERR 233 401 KRYS CONNOLLY 238 343 KAREN HOLMES 239 447 VERONICA RUDOLPH DNF 448 KAREN HILLS

AUCKLAND AUCKLAND PORIRUA CHRISTCHURCH LEESTON CHRISTCHURCH BLENHEIM NELSON UNITED KINGDOM AUCKLAND NETHERLANDS TIMARU AUSTRALIA GISBORNE HAMILTON CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND NELSON AUSTRALIA ALBANY UNITED KINGDOM AUCKLAND

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V

2:28:56 2:24:55 2:32:35 2:17:59 2:58:25 2:25:00 2:35:47 2:43:45 2:43:43 2:26:36 2:34:12 3:03:21 2:28:48 3:13:37 2:56:26 2:04:01 2:17:37 2:21:30 4:08:16 2:22:57 3:40:07 2:32:42

198 175 209 154 232 176 213 226 225 184 212 234 196 238 231 86 156 171 252 176 249 216

53 42 56 35 64 43 58 62 61 48 57 65 51 66 63 14 36 42 73 44 72 61

7:04:44 7:06:21 6:48:52 6:12:18 5:36:32 6:38:10 6:02:29 7:06:35 7:12:29 8:22:13 6:26:32 7:54:17 8:19:04 8:36:12 8:57:48 5:01:41 5:40:09 4:35:50

HAMILTON OTAGO AUCKLAND AKAROA ASHBURTON TIMARU TOKOROA CHRISTCHURCH PORIRUA AUCKLAND NEW PLYMOUTH RANGIORA CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH OHOPE TAURANGA AUCKLAND UNITED KINGDOM

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW VW

2:11:13 2:15:39 2:21:27 2:21:25 2:30:12 2:22:40 2:27:23 2:35:51 2:25:16 2:28:11 2:27:27 2:40:16 2:43:12 2:54:03 2:49:02 3:07:49 3:07:07 3:40:09

121 143 166 164 200 170 186 214 178 193 188 222 224 229 228 237 236 250

1 2 4 3 10 5 7 11 6 9 8 12 13 15 14 17 16 18

5:01:20 5:29:56 5:25:06 5:48:08 5:41:59 6:10:13 6:13:44 5:51:22 5:51:19 5:47:40 6:25:04 7:07:33 6:24:01 7:15:41 8:22:41 8:22:25 8:47:07

212 215 208 187 147 206 172 216 220 233 202 228 231 236 239 94 154 52

57 58 56 47 37 55 44 59 60 64 53 62 63 65 66 17 40 7

5:36:57 5:56:45 5:53:29 6:39:31 6:37:11 6:22:02 6:47:38 5:41:35 6:06:38 5:59:05 7:54:48 5:53:01 6:24:03 5:50:36 5:48:48

160 199 191 231 230 225 233 173 217 203 239 190 227 187 181

41 52 51 64 63 61 65 45 59 53 66 50 62 49 47

2:27:44 2:20:43 2:35:43 2:41:17 2:45:36 2:32:56 2:38:55 3:01:47 2:49:22 2:22:58 2:36:14 2:58:15 2:44:33 2:59:16 3:08:37

182 149 215 220 226 208 218 235 227 160 216 232 223 233 236

44 39 54 58 61 49 56 65 62 41 55 63 60 64 66

17:38:21 17:48:43 17:50:38 17:51:04 17:57:43 17:58:06 18:04:48 18:33:40 18:52:12 19:10:52 19:31:45 19:48:53 19:56:27 20:39:40 20:51:39

201 204 205 206 214 215 217 223 224 227 229 231 232 234 236

52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

5:11:46 5:32:34 5:40:04 5:39:34 5:34:48 5:34:37 5:25:53 5:38:48 5:48:09 5:49:20 5:29:09 5:24:10 5:53:31 6:23:19 5:57:24 6:24:07 7:47:47

78 148 170 169 156 155 122 165 179 183 136 114 192 226 200 228 238

1 5 10 9 7 6 3 8 11 12 4 2 13 15 14 16 17

2:12:54 2:13:21 2:21:52 2:17:23 2:24:15 2:22:24 2:24:08 2:29:37 2:32:41 2:35:34 2:23:03 2:23:50 2:44:49 2:54:56 2:51:19 3:13:50 3:27:07

113 115 154 136 170 157 167 193 207 213 161 166 224 231 228 237 238

1 2 4 3 9 5 8 10 11 12 6 7 13 15 14 16 17

14:37:12 15:31:30 15:48:28 16:06:29 16:11:13 16:29:52 16:31:07 16:35:37 16:37:24 16:40:44 16:44:42 17:35:49 17:45:32 19:27:58 20:00:26 21:08:10 23:09:07

94 133 144 153 157 168 169 173 175 178 179 200 203 228 233 238 239

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

5:50:21 166 44

92 133 129 160 155 185 189 164 163 159 201 217 200 221 235 234 238

1 3 2 6 4 9 10 8 7 5 12 13 11 14 16 15 17

Cycle 1 Mountain Run Kayak Cycle 2 Overall Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl

Place No. Names 1

City / Country 1

Names 2

City / Country 2

Ev Sect Time

TEAMS TWO DAY OPEN MEN 1 704 NEIL GELLATLY 3 807 DAVID FORD

CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN

ROBERT LOVERIDGE GLENN CAPSTICK

T T

M M

1:52:20 1:53:20

1 3

1 2

3:12:18 3:25:44

1 4

1 3

4:15:25 4:50:08

1 25

1 8

1:46:44 1:55:06

1 14

1 8

11:06:47 1 12:04:18 3

1 2

5 8 11 14 16 20 24 25 29 30 31 33 35

846 732 757 727 759 750 709 813 801 773 854 793 827

NEW PLYMOUTH WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH LOWER HUTT WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH FAIRLIE TAUPO WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HAMILTON WELLINGTON DUNEDIN

TOBY PAYTON PETER KING KEVIN TAYLOR WILL SAMUEL ADAM EDGAR JASON HENWOOD GREG ANDERSON MATTHEW FRICKER PAUL GIBBS SCOTT FERGUSON SCOTT DONALDSON JOHN YU MARK HUDSON

T T T T T T T T T T T T T

M M M M M M M M M M M M M

1:53:27 1:53:35 2:18:05 2:08:29 1:57:51 1:57:55 1:58:29 1:58:07 1:57:43 2:01:26 2:08:57 2:02:07 1:53:33

4 8 98 62 20 23 29 25 17 36 66 42 6

3 5 26 20 8 9 11 10 7 13 22 16 4

3:40:20 3:33:58 3:25:34 3:26:34 3:42:55 4:08:17 4:11:58 4:05:37 4:10:45 4:37:23 3:56:59 3:44:08 4:36:21

12 8 2 5 13 28 33 24 31 62 21 14 60

6 5 2 4 7 11 13 10 12 22 9 8 21

4:41:52 4:45:39 4:40:58 4:48:36 4:50:43 5:00:08 4:53:57 5:14:57 5:06:17 4:38:45 5:10:45 5:32:37 4:57:15

10 15 9 19 26 36 27 75 49 7 62 111 33

5 6 4 7 9 12 10 22 15 3 17 28 11

1:53:09 2:02:25 1:54:43 1:58:23 1:53:26 1:53:32 2:03:42 1:52:07 2:02:24 2:00:05 2:01:17 2:01:53 1:58:13

9 54 13 29 10 12 63 7 53 38 43 50 27

4 20 7 13 5 6 23 2 19 14 16 18 11

12:08:46 12:15:36 12:19:18 12:22:02 12:24:54 12:59:52 13:08:05 13:10:47 13:17:07 13:17:39 13:17:58 13:20:44 13:25:22

5 8 11 14 16 20 24 25 29 30 31 33 35

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

38 44 45

804 TIM CARTER 796 JEFF CLEARWATER 806 NIGEL BROOKS

CHRISTCHURCH SOUTHLAND DRURY

HARVEY TYLER JEREMY GRAY JEROME PELEE DE SAINT MAURI JEFF WRIGHT CRISPIN GARDNER TAINE BENNETT SAM STRUTHERS CRAIG MAHAN LIAM MULROONEY CRAIG GILBERT GAVIN WINCHESTER SAM LUCAS JONATHAN SCOTT PHILIP CUNNINGHAME RAINER PUHRINGER ALAN CROWLEY MICHAEL DELHANTY DAVID GRAHAM

CHRISTCHURCH PALMERSTON NORTH WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND WELLINGTON LYTTELTON FAIRLIE PUKEKOHE WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH ROTORUA WELLINGTON PALMERSTON NORTH CHRISTCHURCH OTAUTAU AUCKLAND

T T T

M M M

2:02:31 2:01:21 2:01:35

45 32 37

18 12 14

4:28:46 4:34:36 4:26:50

52 57 48

18 20 16

5:01:07 5:13:17 5:16:28

38 70 80

13 19 24

1:55:59 1:58:13 2:02:37

18 28 56

9 12 21

13:28:23 38 13:47:26 44 13:47:29 45

16 17 18

INVERCARGILL AUSTRALIA AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH WAIPAWA RANGIORA AUSTRALIA AUCKLAND WANAKA TARANAKI CHRISTCHURCH AUSTRALIA

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T

M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M

2:02:37 2:24:16 2:14:02 1:57:41 2:13:15 2:13:31 2:01:46 2:25:12 2:21:53 2:02:24 2:19:33 2:08:31 2:22:28 2:23:49 2:30:29

46 116 89 16 79 82 39 124 106 44 103 63 108 114 130

19 31 25 6 23 24 15 32 28 17 27 21 29 30 33

4:39:00 4:28:58 4:28:21 5:34:02 4:41:43 4:25:57 5:11:34 4:12:32 4:45:45 4:47:13 5:24:40 5:22:53 5:55:48 6:43:35 5:49:20

66 53 51 101 69 46 89 34 71 73 97 96 118 134 113

23 19 17 30 24 15 27 14 25 26 29 28 32 33 31

5:12:13 5:14:00 5:17:11 4:37:19 5:13:28 5:28:01 5:04:08 5:49:58 5:32:39 5:59:12 5:10:24 5:37:00 5:15:29 5:24:31 6:29:41

66 73 84 6 72 101 45 130 113 138 60 118 77 95 150

18 21 25 2 20 27 14 31 29 32 16 30 23 26 33

1:56:42 1:53:06 2:05:33 2:00:25 2:01:37 2:06:39 2:02:57 2:06:59 2:07:17 2:06:32 2:04:40 2:04:18 2:10:43 2:17:09 2:25:39

20 8 69 40 46 72 57 73 77 71 66 65 95 112 131

10 3 26 15 17 28 22 29 30 27 25 24 31 32 33

13:50:31 14:00:18 14:05:06 14:09:26 14:10:03 14:14:08 14:20:25 14:34:40 14:47:34 14:55:21 14:59:16 15:12:42 15:44:26 16:49:04 17:15:08

47 55 57 61 63 66 67 77 80 84 86 91 109 134 138

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

ELOISE WATSON MADELEINE MARTIN CAROLINE CROSS KATE PALMER KARINA TAEGE JASMIN PERCASKY

CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH

T T T T T T

W W W W W W

2:14:41 2:01:59 2:14:34 2:15:23 2:23:19 2:08:53

93 40 90 96 111 65

4 1 3 5 7 2

4:23:21 4:37:49 4:38:20 4:54:13 4:32:06 5:55:06

43 63 64 78 56 116

1 3 4 5 2 9

5:07:31 5:01:30 5:19:51 4:56:01 5:24:29 4:49:47

50 40 89 32 94 22

4 3 6 2 8 1

1:56:52 2:03:51 1:57:12 2:17:40 2:06:23 1:58:56

22 64 23 115 70 32

1 6 2 11 7 3

13:42:25 13:45:07 14:09:56 14:23:17 14:26:16 14:52:42

40 41 62 69 73 82

1 2 3 4 5 6

JENNIFER BROWN HELEN FLANNERY ANNETTE GUERIN MADELEINE HAWKESBY SARAH DUNCAN KATHERINE KEVEY MARGIT SCHMID

GREYMOUTH WELLINGTON GREYMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH HONG KONG

T T T T T T T

W W W W W W W

2:28:43 2:33:52 2:39:17 2:24:34 2:19:13 2:44:28 2:01:39

127 134 139 121 102 144 38

9 10 11 8 6 12 1

5:45:11 5:03:06 5:40:52 6:10:38 5:55:09 7:17:52 6:25:08

110 84 105 128 117 144 131

8 6 7 11 10 12 12

5:20:03 5:56:49 5:16:41 5:32:54 5:28:54 5:45:10

90 135 81 114 104 125

7 12 5 10 9 11

2:08:57 2:11:38 2:14:44 2:01:36 2:31:04 2:03:14

83 97 107 45 137 59

8 9 10 4 12 5

15:42:53 15:45:24 15:51:34 16:09:41 16:14:20 17:50:42

106 110 113 121 123 142

7 8 9 10 11 12

BENJAMIN NILSON GRAEME WAGHORN

HOKITIKA CHRISTCHURCH

T T

V V

1:53:32 1:58:01

5 24

1 3

3:28:13 4:08:29

7 29

1 7

4:26:04 4:48:36

4 18

1 2

1:58:26 1:56:51

30 21

6 4

11:46:15 2 12:51:56 18

1 2

GRAHAM SINNAMON PHIL TAYLOR MURRAY DOUGHTY GEOFF TVRDEICH JOHN MCKENZIE KEN LIVINGSTON TIM DENNIS MIKE HANCOCK MALCOLM MACDONALD DAVE HODGSON PETE NASH PHILLIP PARLE GARY SCANNELL TIM WILSON MARK STEPHEN PAUL WINTER HELMUT HENNIG JIM LEE FRANK FRIZELLE DAVID BEATSON MICHAEL DURKIN SANDY HAZLEDINE MURRAY KINSELLA PADDY FINNIGAN GARY WEINBERG

OTUREHUA AUCKLAND UPPER HUTT NEW PLYMOUTH AUCKLAND LYTTELTON WANAKA CHRISTCHURCH MASTERTON

T T T T T T T T T

V V V V V V V V V

2:14:35 2:02:41 2:22:45 2:08:08 2:01:43 2:30:24 2:18:19 2:02:42 2:19:00

91 48 110 56 38 129 99 49 101

14 6 18 8 4 23 16 7 17

3:55:33 4:15:12 3:46:08 3:56:58 4:46:17 4:07:02 3:46:05 5:01:18 4:35:31

19 38 17 20 72 27 16 82 59

4 8 3 5 13 6 2 15 12

5:02:02 4:54:57 5:04:52 5:12:38 5:09:22 5:32:09 5:57:17 5:07:37 5:16:49

41 29 47 68 59 108 137 52 82

5 4 6 11 8 17 25 7 14

1:51:32 1:51:41 1:51:38 2:01:02 1:59:59 1:57:25 2:07:31 1:59:00 2:09:11

4 6 5 42 37 24 80 33 87

1 3 2 10 9 5 15 7 16

13:03:41 13:04:30 13:05:22 13:18:45 13:57:20 14:07:00 14:09:12 14:10:36 14:20:31

21 22 23 32 53 58 60 65 68

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

INVERCARGILL UNITED KINGDOM AUSTRALIA CHRISTCHURCH WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ASHBURTON HONG KONG CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND WELLINGTON WANAKA AUCKLAND AUCKLAND AUCKLAND

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V

2:08:08 2:08:51 2:23:44 2:02:06 2:31:49 2:24:35 2:09:08 1:53:54 2:29:09 2:13:46 2:08:19 2:36:12 2:25:05 2:14:36 2:36:24 2:59:40

57 64 113 41 132 122 69 12 128 85 58 137 123 92 138 149

9 11 19 5 24 20 12 2 22 13 10 25 21 15 26 27

4:22:19 5:09:45 4:24:12 5:02:22 4:51:36 5:32:57 5:58:07 6:40:12 4:35:19 5:42:46 6:09:26 5:43:53 6:47:45 6:44:07 8:14:58 6:25:58

41 88 45 83 76 99 120 133 58 107 127 109 137 136 151 132

9 17 10 16 14 18 21 23 11 19 22 20 25 24 26 23

5:52:34 5:10:26 5:47:00 5:32:35 5:40:24 5:25:43 5:16:23 4:50:05 6:14:46 5:48:32 5:44:09 5:40:28 5:11:35 5:22:40 5:15:07

133 61 127 110 121 96 78 24 144 129 124 122 64 93 76

24 9 22 18 19 16 13 3 26 23 21 20 10 15 12

2:01:39 1:59:25 2:05:15 2:05:18 2:14:02 2:07:01 2:12:44 2:13:05 2:21:20 2:10:28 2:27:52 2:30:03 2:19:44 2:32:21 2:34:19

47 34 67 68 104 74 100 102 124 92 135 136 121 140 142

11 8 12 13 20 14 18 19 22 17 23 24 21 25 26

14:24:39 14:28:25 14:40:09 14:42:21 15:17:50 15:30:16 15:36:22 15:37:14 15:40:34 15:55:32 16:29:45 16:30:36 16:44:07 16:53:43 18:40:47

70 74 78 79 93 96 99 101 105 115 128 129 131 135 146

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

JOE PAYTON IAN WALSH GLEN MENZIES LES MORRIS ANDREW WARDELL JOHN RAWSTRON MIKE PROSSER BLAIR MCROBBIE FRASER PRESS DAVE RUDGE ROB HAMILL CHRISTOPHER BOYS JAMIE LYONS

47 795 TIMOTHY O’SULLIVAN ASHBURTON 55 811 WARREN SMITH AUCKLAND 57 815 SAM PRITCHARD WELLINGTON 61 736 CRAIG SHAKESPEARE CHRISTCHURCH 63 723 KEVIN BELL CHRISTCHURCH 66 722 ASHLEY BARRETT AUCKLAND 67 705 DON VAN ONSELEN CHRISTCHURCH 77 832 SIMON FERGUSSON WAIPUKURAU 80 747 ANDREW DAVIDSON ASHBURTON 84 836 REGAN WASHER AUSTRALIA 86 701 STEPHEN NEWMAN AUCKLAND 91 842 IEUAN DAVIES WANAKA 109 776 STEPHEN RALPH TARANAKI 134 742 ALEX SUCKLING CHRISTCHURCH 138 794 ROBERT MEDWAY AUSTRALIA TEAMS TWO DAY OPEN WOMEN 40 833 SARAH HAYMAN DUNEDIN 41 781 CHARLOTTE MARTIN CHRISTCHURCH 62 711 REBECCA BAYLEY CHRISTCHURCH 69 847 MARY FITZPATRICK CHRISTCHURCH 73 837 DEB BAILEY SHEFFIELD 82 800 OLIVIA SPENCERCANTERBURY BOWER 106 758 RACHEL KING HOKITIKA 110 728 VAILA FINDLAY WELLINGTON 113 790 LISA JEFCOATE GREYMOUTH 121 809 RACHEL STEWART CHRISTCHURCH 123 840 MARGRETHE HELLES WANAKA 142 774 ANNA CROUCH CHRISTCHURCH DNF 707 LAI SZE HONG KONG TEAMS TWO DAY VETERAN MEN (OVER 40) 2 823 PHILIP EVANS HOKITIKA 18 825 DONALD SUMMERASHBURTON FIELD 21 748 MARTIN POWLEY GORE 22 816 MARK TAYLOR AUCKLAND 23 720 GRAHAM MOORE LOWER HUTT 32 712 LESTER KELLY NEW PLYMOUTH 53 814 RUSSELL POPE TIMARU 58 841 MIKE LITTEN CHRISTCHURCH 60 754 FRANK DENNIS TWIZEL 65 844 JIM SHERBORNE CHRISTCHURCH 68 767 MAX CROSKERY MASTERTON 70 74 78 79 93 96 99 101 105 115 128 129 131 135 146 DNF

714 791 740 770 745 839 775 708 803 768 764 706 789 772 713 779

CHRIS PROCTER PETER HULLAND DAVID PEDDIE GRANT BREWER PETER SMITH DAVID CAIRNS PAUL FINNIGAN BERNARD ROBINSON RON THOMAS PETER FOWLER BRENT MEEKAN CHRIS DUFFY GRAEME RAMSHAW MICHAEL SEXTON TOM PRYDE EVAN CUMMINS

ASHBURTON RENWICK CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND AUCKLAND ASHBURTON AUCKLAND WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND QUEENSTOWN DUNEDIN AUCKLAND QUEENSTOWN AUCKLAND

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Place No. Names 1

City / Country 1

TEAMS TWO DAY VETERAN WOMEN (OVER 40) 124 852 CATHERINE JAY WANAKA 144 831 RHONDA YORKE WELLINGTON 147 753 ANNE INCE CHRISTCHURCH 148 738 ROSEMARY TURNBULL AUCKLAND 149 749 MICHELE SHANAHAN AUSTRALIA TEAMS TWO DAY MIXED 7 771 MITCH MURDOCH ARROWTOWN 12 777 CAMERON DRURY NAPIER 17 849 PAUL BOURGEOIS BLENHEIM 26 787 BRENT JARVIS AUCKLAND 37 783 MARK VAN DEN ANKER AUCKLAND 46 834 ANNA CLEARWATER SOUTHLAND 49 810 DAN CULLEN BALCLUTHA 50 845 PAUL PRINGLE WELLINGTON 56 786 ANDREW CONNOCHIE CHRISTCHURCH 59 822 JASON DAVIDSON HOKITIKA 72 821 KIERAN GUINEY IRELAND 75 731 WARREN JONES CHRISTCHURCH 76 737 REBECCA MARKS DUNEDIN

Cycle 1 Mountain Run Kayak Cycle 2 Overall Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl Time Pl Sec Pl

Names 2

City / Country 2

Ev Sect Time

ROBYN ALLEN JUDY-ANN RAMSAY LESLEY PATTON LORRAINE WOOD MARY SHANAHAN

WHANGAREI AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH WELLINGTON AUCKLAND

T T T T T

VW VW VW VW VW

2:33:55 2:47:57 2:56:06 3:04:34 3:06:26

135 145 147 148 149

1 2 3 4 5

5:58:36 7:08:12 7:00:17 7:43:19 7:41:26

121 143 139 146 145

1 3 2 5 4

5:37:10 5:43:34 6:27:07 6:09:02 6:04:12

119 123 147 142 140

1 2 5 4 3

2:09:07 2:37:07 2:41:16 2:32:11 2:47:10

85 144 148 139 149

1 3 4 2 5

16:18:48 18:16:48 19:04:44 19:29:06 19:39:14

124 144 147 148 149

1 2 3 4 5

QUEENSTOWN MASTERTON BLENHEIM AUCKLAND QUEENSTOWN RIVERTON RANFURLY WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH TARANAKI CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN

T T T T T T T T T T T T T

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

1:57:30 1:53:36 1:54:01 2:11:15 2:01:24 2:10:32 1:58:10 2:03:12 1:53:46 1:58:11 2:10:34 2:09:46 2:21:39

14 9 13 76 34 73 26 50 11 27 74 71 105

4 1 3 17 7 15 5 9 2 6 16 14 24

3:25:36 4:10:57 4:15:03 4:03:09 4:36:43 4:06:57 4:26:05 4:22:40 4:41:33 5:06:58 4:48:51 5:04:45 4:57:10

3 32 36 23 61 26 47 42 68 87 74 85 80

1 4 5 2 8 3 7 6 9 15 10 14 13

4:48:31 4:16:53 4:23:50 5:00:39 4:47:25 5:27:19 5:17:23 5:28:11 5:16:24 4:55:58 5:08:32 5:04:19 5:19:12

17 2 3 37 16 100 85 102 79 31 56 46 88

4 1 2 6 3 20 16 21 14 5 10 7 17

2:02:00 1:59:45 2:08:43 1:58:49 2:02:22 2:03:21 2:09:20 2:01:45 2:12:20 2:07:11 2:17:28 2:10:39 1:55:31

51 36 81 31 52 60 89 49 99 75 114 94 16

5 3 10 2 6 7 11 4 14 9 17 12 1

12:13:36 12:21:10 12:41:36 13:13:50 13:27:54 13:48:08 13:50:57 13:55:48 14:04:01 14:08:18 14:25:24 14:29:28 14:33:32

7 12 17 26 37 46 49 50 56 59 72 75 76

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

AKAROA AUCKLAND AUCKLAND AUSTRALIA AUCKLAND UNITED KINGDOM CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CAMBRIDGE AUCKLAND GREYMOUTH QUEENSTOWN AUSTRALIA RANGIORA GREYMOUTH ARROWTOWN HONG KONG WEST INDIES ASHBURTON

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

2:13:37 2:13:15 2:08:23 2:24:24 2:40:29 2:13:44 2:01:26 2:15:22 2:03:14 2:08:27 2:25:38 2:13:26 2:03:57 2:33:48 2:24:14 2:23:42 2:40:36 2:27:01 2:14:02

83 80 59 117 141 84 35 95 51 61 125 81 52 133 115 112 142 126 88

20 18 12 27 31 21 8 23 10 13 28 19 11 30 26 25 32 29 22

5:14:26 5:17:44 5:37:00 4:51:11 4:53:59 5:36:36 6:04:49 6:01:07 6:00:15 6:13:00 5:15:59 5:53:35 6:21:53 5:56:01 5:22:42 6:32:24 5:39:38 6:43:57 7:05:51

90 93 103 75 77 102 125 124 123 129 92 115 130 119 95 131 104 135 142

16 18 21 11 12 20 27 26 25 28 17 23 29 24 19 30 22 31 32

5:07:52 5:08:03 5:09:03 6:01:53 5:50:55 5:30:07 5:12:37 5:26:02 5:28:40 5:12:51 6:06:00 5:32:39 5:17:06 5:54:13 6:22:27 5:26:39 6:26:56 5:48:12 6:28:54

54 55 58 139 131 105 67 97 103 69 141 112 83 134 145 99 146 128 149

8 9 11 28 26 23 12 18 22 13 29 24 15 27 30 19 31 25 32

2:15:14 2:18:58 2:12:47 2:18:48 2:11:40 2:19:00 2:24:14 2:03:32 2:23:40 2:27:26 2:18:45 2:31:44 2:38:58 2:19:18 2:38:02 2:26:06 2:24:14 2:35:27 2:19:51

108 118 101 117 98 119 128 61 127 133 116 138 146 120 145 132 129 143 122

16 20 15 19 13 21 25 8 24 28 18 29 32 22 31 27 26 30 23

14:51:09 14:58:00 15:07:11 15:36:15 15:37:02 15:39:27 15:43:04 15:46:02 15:55:49 16:01:43 16:06:21 16:11:23 16:21:53 16:43:19 16:47:25 16:48:50 17:11:24 17:34:36 18:08:37

81 85 88 98 100 102 107 111 116 118 119 122 125 130 132 133 137 139 143

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

METHVEN RANGIORA CANTERBURY MURCHISON HASTINGS CHRISTCHURCH RANGIORA RANGIORA GREYMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH BLENHEIM NEW PLYMOUTH CANTERBURY QUEENSTOWN AUCKLAND AUCKLAND UNITED KINGDOM

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T

F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F

1:52:24 1:53:34 1:57:52 1:57:54 1:57:39 2:01:22 1:53:43 1:59:06 2:02:39 2:07:58 2:14:44 2:11:34 2:13:03 1:58:30 1:58:16 2:24:31 2:24:29

2 7 21 22 15 33 10 31 47 54 94 77 78 30 28 120 119

1 2 5 6 4 10 3 9 12 13 21 19 20 8 7 28 27

3:33:59 3:27:24 3:44:33 3:39:48 4:27:39 4:13:53 4:21:25 4:09:30 4:38:31 4:26:58 4:54:28 3:59:21 4:42:48 4:59:14 5:18:29 4:32:05 4:40:00

9 6 15 11 50 35 40 30 65 49 79 22 70 81 94 55 67

2 1 4 3 11 7 8 6 13 10 16 5 15 17 19 12 14

4:42:52 4:54:35 4:43:29 4:49:15 4:43:18 4:57:28 4:50:04 5:11:17 5:02:30 5:11:53 4:41:58 5:35:01 4:57:48 4:39:47 5:07:51 5:51:32 5:57:12

12 28 14 21 13 34 23 63 42 65 11 116 35 8 53 132 136

3 8 5 6 4 10 7 18 12 19 2 26 11 1 16 29 30

1:55:19 1:53:30 1:51:00 1:57:48 1:51:10 2:01:43 2:09:17 2:10:11 2:03:09 2:00:12 1:59:31 2:10:00 2:02:35 2:21:28 2:00:27 2:07:12 2:10:31

15 11 2 26 3 48 88 91 58 39 35 90 55 125 41 76 93

4 3 1 5 2 9 15 17 11 7 6 16 10 26 8 13 18

12:04:32 12:09:02 12:16:53 12:24:45 12:59:45 13:14:26 13:14:29 13:30:03 13:46:48 13:47:00 13:50:39 13:55:54 13:56:13 13:58:58 14:25:02 14:55:19 15:12:11

4 6 10 15 19 27 28 39 42 43 48 51 52 54 71 83 89

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

PUKEKOHE CHRISTCHURCH WHANGAREI OTAKI MOTUEKA AUCKLAND AUCKLAND GREYMOUTH AUCKLAND CAMBRIDGE PAPAMOA AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T

F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F

2:22:42 2:08:05 2:22:07 2:30:55 2:09:02 2:10:10 2:18:41 2:40:14 2:08:59 2:02:20 2:15:35 2:19:36 2:11:13 2:50:14 2:43:55 3:08:26

109 55 107 131 68 72 100 140 67 43 97 104 75 146 143 150

26 14 25 29 16 17 23 30 15 11 22 24 18 32 31 33

5:05:15 5:52:08 4:24:07 5:42:54 6:05:44 5:42:43 5:46:19 5:33:23 6:39:46 7:04:06 6:56:57 7:02:16 7:45:29 7:53:57 7:56:43 8:03:25

86 114 44 108 126 106 111 100 132 141 138 140 147 148 149 150

18 24 9 22 25 21 23 20 26 29 27 28 30 31 32 33

5:35:33 5:03:50 6:27:07 5:03:21 5:08:59 5:30:12 5:38:57 5:26:13 5:05:50 4:55:08 5:13:21 5:33:26 5:18:29 5:21:26 6:12:42 7:08:54

117 44 148 43 57 106 120 98 48 30 71 115 87 91 143 151

27 14 32 13 17 24 28 23 15 9 20 25 21 22 31 33

2:08:44 2:10:45 2:16:15 2:17:25 2:15:53 2:20:13 2:03:34 2:13:52 2:14:06 2:23:01 2:27:52 2:39:52 2:24:36 2:33:39 3:03:00 2:49:21

82 96 110 113 109 123 62 103 106 126 134 147 130 141 151 150

14 19 23 24 22 25 12 20 21 27 29 31 28 30 33 32

15:12:14 15:14:47 15:29:36 15:34:35 15:39:37 15:43:17 15:47:29 15:53:42 16:08:40 16:24:33 16:53:44 17:35:10 17:39:47 18:39:15 19:56:19 21:10:06

90 92 95 97 103 108 112 114 120 126 136 140 141 145 150 151

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN CHRISTCHURCH WAIKUKU PICTON OREWA WESTPORT

T T T T T T T T T T

CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO

1:57:51 1:57:50 2:07:56 2:08:24 2:13:55 2:35:45 2:09:30 2:13:51 2:24:28 3:48:22

19 18 53 60 87 136 70 86 118 151

2 1 3 4 7 9 5 6 8 10

3:47:38 3:38:02 4:05:37 4:19:13 4:15:09 4:30:40 5:30:49 5:58:52 5:47:43 5:15:56

18 10 25 39 37 54 98 122 112 91

2 1 3 5 4 6 8 10 9 7

4:35:12 4:48:44 5:07:35 5:01:24 5:32:14 5:45:50 5:21:38 5:17:54 5:30:31 5:14:15

5 20 51 39 109 126 92 86 107 74

1 2 4 3 9 10 7 6 8 5

1:55:50 1:56:38 2:01:35 1:57:45 2:09:09 2:07:27 2:16:36 2:09:01 2:14:05 2:07:24

17 19 44 25 86 79 111 84 105 78

1 2 4 3 8 6 10 7 9 5

12:16:30 12:21:13 13:22:43 13:26:44 14:10:26 14:59:41 15:18:33 15:39:38 15:56:47 16:25:56

9 13 34 36 64 87 94 104 117 127

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ADRIAN BAILEY ANITA WILLIAMSON MELODY WING KRISTINA CRANE RACHEL HUDSON CHRIS ANDERSON FIONA LINDSAY HARRIET MILLER NICOLA YOUNGSON KATE CAMBIE ROBYN BARRETT GEORGIE LITTLE PETER WOODMANALDRIDGE 81 719 JENNIE BELL CHRISTCHURCH JOHN MASEFIELD 85 763 DAVID GORDON CLINTON KIRSTY READ-SMITH 88 824 TIM ALLAN AUCKLAND TINA MATHIESON 98 760 ANDREW JAMIESON UNITED KINGDOM KATE O’LEARY 100 785 GREG KNOWLES AUCKLAND ALISON KNOWLES 102 716 JOHN BARKER UNITED KINGDOM LAUREN BARKER 107 702 ANDREW THOMPSON CHRISTCHURCH JEANNA MCDRURY 111 710 MARTIN SCOTT CHRISTCHURCH MELANIE PORTER 116 828 GRAHAM SCOTT CAMBRIDGE TESSA FRASER 118 805 DAMIAN CHASE HAMILTON JONI BENTHAM 119 717 CYNTHIA BAKER GREYMOUTH GRAEME WYLDE 122 762 TARN PILKINGTON QUEENSTOWN ELINOR SLATER 125 766 ANDY HIGGS UNITED KINGDOM FIONA CRESSWELL 130 733 RAE NOBLE-ADAMS RANGIORA MARK ELDER 132 792 STEVE PROCTER LYTTELTON HEATHER TOMMASI 133 761 ROB LINDSAY CHRISTCHURCH NICOLA ANDERSON 137 746 JOHN CHISHOLM AUCKLAND LIZ STRINGER 139 808 RAYMOND HUMPHRIES CHRISTCHURCH NINA CHAVES 143 802 WAYNE WHITING CHRISTCHURCH JUDE WEBB TEAMS TWO DAY FAMILY 4 817 TOM FERGUSON SHEFFIELD PAUL WHITESIDE 6 715 STEPHEN JOHN WALES RHYS JOHN 10 724 ROSS MARRIOTT CHRISTCHURCH TIM JOHNSON 15 725 CLINTON CARRE CHRISTCHURCH DAMIAN FIRTH 19 730 KELLY BARBER CHRISTCHURCH JOSH BARBER 27 726 GRANT JONES CHRISTCHURCH DALE JONES 28 751 RYAN THOMPSON RANGIORA ROD THOMPSON 39 765 CHRISTOPHER ROSS BLENHEIM PAUL SAMPSON 42 729 ADAM MILLS AUCKLAND RODGER MILLS 43 735 VINCENT POOCH CHRISTCHURCH CHRIS POOCH 48 718 IAN MCALPINE BLENHEIM KIERAN MCALPINE 51 769 JENNY LAIRD NEW PLYMOUTH MURRAY LAIRD 52 788 ROBIN OAKLEY SOUTHBRIDGE MICHAEL OAKLEY 54 851 STEVEN NORTON QUEENSTOWN LISA COOPER 71 741 GLEN TASKER AUCKLAND MARION TASKER 83 838 IAN AUGUST SHANNON HAMISH AUGUST 89 734 JOANNA RACHEL UNITED KINGDOM JEREMY GRAY VOYSEY 90 820 NEIL YOUNG PUKEKOHE CASTELLE YOUNG 92 703 GORDON BEADEL CHRISTCHURCH JULIE BEADEL 95 743 JENNY WEBB WHANGAREI MURRAY WEBB 97 798 JOSH LAURENSON OTAKI RICHARD LAURENSON 103 778 MARK SMALE MOTUEKA PETER SMALE 108 818 PAUL DOUGHERTY AUCKLAND HILARY POOLE 112 835 PETER KEELING AUCKLAND CHRISTINE KEELING 114 812 KEVIN KILKELLY GREYMOUTH JULIE KILKELLY 120 853 JOHN LEONARD AUCKLAND ROBIN LEONARD 126 850 RICHARD CLARK CAMBRIDGE ROBYN CLARK 136 744 ANTON WESSELINK HAMILTON KARLA WESSELINK 140 752 STEVE HOTCHIN AUCKLAND SARAH JACKSON 141 739 RICHARD STEVEN WANAKA ENDEL LUST 145 780 SALLY GARTERS CHRISTCHURCH REG GARTERS 150 721 MICHAEL EAST CHRISTCHURCH JAMES EAST 151 797 BILL HALL CHRISTCHURCH JENNY HALL TEAMS TWO DAY CORPORATE 9 848 DION VINCENT CHRISTCHURCH DEVERN BURCHETT 13 826 PAUL SCALES CHRISTCHURCH ANDREAS KACOFEGITIS 34 756 CHRIS ELLIOTT CHRISTCHURCH STEPHEN PARKSINSON 36 782 ROB WHITMORE CHRISTCHURCH STEFAN ASPELING 64 829 CHARLES GRUBB CHRISTCHURCH ROBERT TILL 87 755 STEVE KING CHRISTCHURCH BRAD GUY 94 819 MARK OCONNOR WAIKUKU BEACH SUE BROOKES 104 799 TIM MADDEN PICTON HELEN JOHNSTON 117 843 CARL HARRIS AUCKLAND ROB HOWARTH 127 830 CHRIS ROBERTSON WESTPORT ALBIE MOKOMOKO

Race Timing Service provided by Timing New Zealand - www.TimingNewZealand.co.nz

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Small - Yes, Works - Yes! I am 100kg and took this little sit on top out on a grey old windy day, fully expecting to use every ounce of my paddling skills to stay on top. But surprise surprise, it paddled well and had reasonable stability. I even caught a couple of small waves without thinking. So who’s it for? It makes a fun kid’s kayak because it is not too wide for them to paddle, and dad can have a play as well. Length: 2.40m, Weight: 16kg, Width: 700mm, Price: $485 with paddle

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A fun double sit on top kayak with the option of a third person sitting in the middle. The kayak has ample stability and speed and performs well in the surf. Excellent features include moulded handles on bow, stern and on the sides, so a bigger individual can carry it solo or the whole family can help. A new system of attaching seats and thigh braces to the kayak is very smart and allows easier use. As a family boat or shared with a mate this is one fun kayak. Length: 3.90m, Weight: 28kg, Width: 800mm Price: $1199

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Shearwater from Q-Kayaks The new Shearwater from Quality Kayaks has only been on our shelves for a couple of weeks but already it has begun to turn heads. Ever since the first sightings of the skin on wood kayaks paddled by the natives of the Arctic regions of Asia, North America, and Greenland; the modern kayak designers have been continually trying to improve on these primitive models. In our quest to produce the finest kayaks, kayak manufacturers have improved on the materials used, redesigned the shape of the kayaks and enhanced the fittings and features. The Shearwater is a moderate length polyethylene roto-moulded sea kayak that is only 4.8 metres long. The truth is the Shearwater has the same hull (bottom half) as the Penguin but has a slightly larger cockpit. The increase in size is not only beneficial to the more ‘solid’ paddler but there has been a significant improvement in the manoeuvrability of the kayak. The standard weight of the Shearwater is 26.5 kg and the lightweight version is only 23 kg. Even I can lift that onto my car. Due to the universal hull, the speed of this kayak should be identical to the Penguin. Good safety colours of yellow, red, orange or flame help with visibility. The kayak has a combined storage capacity in both front and rear hatches of 143 litres, which is a couple of litres shy of the Penguin. The difference though is very apparent with the increase in cockpit size from 160 litres in the Penquin to a whopping 190 litres in the Shearwater. This may mean that the kayak is more prone to windage (something Wellington doesn’t have much of!). The change of hull shape in the water as the kayak is edged over to one side changes the turning of the Shearwater significantly. Actually the kayak turns on the spot. Four or five good sweep strokes enable the Shearwater to complete a speedy 360° turn try achieving that with another sea kayak. Other improvements include a security/ towing bar located behind the cockpit combing, a new seat and padded backrest, a sturdy new rudder with a larger wheel to facilitate raising and lowering the rudder with ease, and a recess for the paddle to enable the paddler to fish, read a chart or make coffee with the paddle in an easy to reach position. Quality Kayaks have successfully created a stable, highly manoeuvrable multi-day sea kayak that is at home rock gardening, on expeditions or just playing around in the surf- and I want one! Kayak reports or ‘opinions’ can be very subjective and one person’s Lamborghini is another person’s Morris Minor. The best advice on which kayak best suits you should begin with a chat with your local Canoe and Kayak retail salesperson and then by trying a few kayaks out on the water to narrow your search. Only by spending a fair amount of time can you accurately assess each kayak in varying conditions.

12 MARCH 2006 Run 13km Cycle 58km Kayak 19km 90 kilometres coast to coast across the Auckland isthmus. From North Head, Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea, to North Head, Waitemata Harbour on the Paciﬁc Ocean, the course is distinctive and challenging. “Head to Head” is an exciting race and also an adventure, a journey of discovery through Auckland’s surprisingly wild and scenic places. Compete as an individual or in a three person team. For further information or an entry form, contact the event organisers: Nelson Associates, P.O. Box 25 475, St Heliers, Auckland. Phone (09) 585 1970, email: nelson.as@clear.net.nz

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SQUIRT SHEARWATER A comfortable performance orientated sea kayak which will suit all sizes of paddlers with plenty of foot room for the bigger ones. Handles well in rough conditions, a fun boat to paddle.

A Sit-on-Top for the family. Able to seat an adult and a small child. It is easy to paddle and is very stable. Easily carried by one adult or two kids.

Prices start at $2300

Prices start at $499

Length: 4.80 m, Weight: 26.5 kg std, 23kg lite, Width: 610 mm

Length: 2.7m, Weight: 15 kg, Width: 780 mm

ACADIA 280 A light easy to use family kayak. Enjoyable paddling for the whole family in sheltered waters.

Prices start at $859 Length: 2.8 m , Weight: 17 kg, Width: 680 mm

ESCAPADE Great general purpose kayak for fishing, diving and having fun in the sun.

Prices start at $950 Length: 3.46 m, Weight: 27 kg, Width: 750 mm

THE EXPLORER THE PLAY is great for the paddler who wants a fun fast surf and flat water kayak. Kids love this Sit-on as it is not too wide for them to paddle and yet very stable.

is ideal for fishing, surfing and exploring and one of the driest ‘Sit-ons’ you will find. Great hatches for storing your goodies

Prices start at $895

Prices start at $649 Length: 3.10 m, Weight: 17.27 kg, Width: 710 mm

Length: 3.43 m, Weight: 18.18 kg, Width: 790 mm

The price advertised is for the kayak only, it does not necessarily include any of the accessories or hatches shown in the photos.

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FISH N’ DIVE THE TANDEM

The ultimate fishing/diving kayak. A large well is located in the stern and holds up to three tanks. There is one centrally located seat and a smaller companion seat near the bow. It can also be fitted with an optional motor bracket for an electric trolling or small outboard engine.

‘two person’ is ideal for fishing, surfing and exploring. It has great hatches for storing your adventure equipment. Now available with three person option. It is often used by one person.

Prices start at $995

Prices start at $1095

Length: 3.81 m, Weight: 25.85 kg, Width: 914 mm (hatches & accessories not included)

Length: 3.81 m, Weight: 25.90 kg, Width: 915 mm

SWING 400 PLUS Fishing, cruising, well appointed with gear storage inside. Also includes an optional extra pod that detaches, which is great for carrying your fishing gear to your favourite spot. The pod can also be used as a seat.

ESCAPEE Probably the closest you will come to finding one kayak that does it all. Surfing, fishing, snorkelling.

Prices start at $1199

Prices start at $790

Length: 4.01 m, Weight: 25 kg, Width: 780 mm

Length: 3.3 m, Weight: 23 kg , Width: 750 mm

SEQUEL

PENGUIN

Fast, light, touring kayak suits beginners through to advanced paddlers. The hull design allows for great handling in rough water. Well appointed and ideally suitable for multisport training.

Has all the features for multi-day kayaking with ease of handling in all weather conditions. With great manoeuvrability this kayak is suitable for paddlers from beginner to advanced.

Prices start at $2295

Prices start at $2250

Length: 4.93 m , Weight: 26kg, Width: 580 mm

Length: 4.8 m, Weight: 25 kg, Width: 610 mm

The price advertised is for the kayak only, it does not necessarily include any of the accessories or hatches shown in the photos.

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TASMAN EXPRESS ECOBEZHIG 540 An enjoyable sea kayak, fast and nimble with huge storage, great features and the most comfortable seat your butt will ever meet.

Responds to rough conditions. Its low profile and flared bow enable it to perform well in adverse conditions. It is designed to give the paddler maximum comfort, with adjustable footrests, backrest, side seat supports and optional thigh brace.

Prices start at $2549 Prices start at $2699 Length: 5.4 m, Weight: Std 26 kg, Width: 590 mm

Length: 5.3 m, Std. Weight: 29 kg, Lightweight: 27 kg, Width: 610 mm

FLOW

CONTOUR 480 Is a roomy, manoeuvrable, easy to handle boat. A channelled hull provides outstanding tracking which helps keep you on course. Its upswept, flared bow makes crossing rough water a breeze.

Prices start at $2199 Length: 4.8m, Weight: 27 kg, Width: 620 mm

Stable and easy to paddle and it handles surf with ease. Simple to use for the beginner, yet exciting for the more experienced paddler. The flow handles the heavier paddler well. We tested it with 115kg. It was stable and comfortable to paddle and the little ones enjoyed it to. This is an excellent family kayak that will get you and the kids out on the water exploring, fishing, surfing and anything else you can imagine to do on a kayak.

Prices start at $749 Length: 2.95m, Weight: 19kg, Width: 750 mm

ACADIA 370 TUI EXCEL A versatile touring kayak for lake, river and sea. Stability, speed and easy tracking make for an enjoyable dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paddling. A larger cockpit allows for easier entry and exit.

Flat water cruising, well appointed, a nifty adjustable backrest, an access hatch in the back which is great for carrying your extra gear.

Prices start at $1149

Prices start at $1770 Length: 4.4 m, Weight: Std 22kg, Width: 610 mm

Length: 3.7 m, Weight: 20 kg, Width: 7675 mm

The price advertised is for the kayak only, it does not necessarily include any of the accessories or hatches shown in the photos.

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New Zealand Kayak Magazine Buyers Guide SPECIFICATION

KAYAKS

Weight: Width: Length: Price:

12 kg 455mm 5.9m $3045

FIREBOLT This new, very user friendly kayak with its excellent combination of speed and stability supercedes our very popular Opus. It is suitable not only for the intermediate / advanced paddler, but also for the busy, but keen ‘Weekend Warrior’. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

KAYAKS

SPECIFICATION Weight: Width: Length: Price:

14.5 kg 540 mm 4.94m $2295

INTRIGUE This kayak is ideal for the beginner/entry level kayaker who is looking for a quick, light kayak with great stability. Very suitable for first time Coast to Coasters. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

12 kg 480mm 5.4 m $2795

19.09 kg 585 mm 5.03 m $1495

THE ELIMINATOR is a fast stable racing and training ‘Sit -on’. It has an adjustable dry seat and a cool draining system. Ideal for the paddler wanting a good fitness work out.

SWALLOW The next step up from the entry level kayaks. Fast with good stability. Medium skill ability is required to enjoy racing this kayak. A very popular Coast to Coast kayak. Weight: 16.5 kg to 19 kg depending on construction Width: 510 mm Length: 6.43 m Price: $2980 - $3330 depending on construction

Weight: 21 kg Width: 510 mm Length: 5.29 m Price: $1595 Includes rudder foot plate and pedals as standard.

SURF SKI An excellent training and competition surf ski, can be used with under-slung rudder or rear mounted rudder. Weight: 22 kg Width: 550mm Length: 5.15 m Price: $1495 Includes multisport rudder and Ozo foot pedals and foam pillars fitted as standard.

MAXIMUS Fast ocean going Racing Sea Kayak. The broad bow allows this kayak to ride over waves like a surf ski without losing any speed and is easy to control while surfing. A low profile reduces buffeting by the wind in adverse conditions. Weight:

26 kg Glass 24kg Kevlar Width: 550 mm Length: 7m Price: $4995 - $5495 depending on construction

VIPER This boat is designed as an entry level alternative to expensive composite crafts, has good stability and speed. Colours: Stone grey, Mango, White granite, Lime, Yellow. Weight: 22 kg Width: 590mm Length: 5m Price: From $3310 (Freight charges may apply)

ADVENTURE DUET This lightweight, very fast and recently updated Adventure Racing double kayak continues to dominate adventure racing in NZ and is very suitable as a recreational double. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

23kg kevlar carbon 600 mm 5.6 m From $4110

CHALLENGE 5 Slightly larger volume than the Sequel and lighter at 22kg. A fast and stable touring sea kayak well appointed and featuring a great rudder/steering system. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

TORRES A fast and stable sea kayak capable of handling extreme expeditions. Huge storage and lots of leg room. Weight: Weight: Width: Width: Length: Length: Price: Price:

2622.68 kg kg Kevlar/Carbon 711mm 550mm 4.55 m 7mFrom $1195 $4995 Glass $5495 TOURER The low profile hull of the Cobra Tourer cuts down on windage, Kevlar/Carbon

ECO NIIZH 565 XLT This upgraded model is proving a hit with its new lighter weight and some excellent features. We now have a plastic double sea kayak that is great to use for all those amazing expeditions and adventures.

enabling paddlers to maintain high speed and straight tracking with easy handling in all conditions.

The price advertised is for the kayak only, it does not necessarily include any of the accessories or hatches shown in the photos.

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45 kg 760mm 5.64 m From $3599

New Zealand Kayak Magazine Buyers Guide KAYAKS

SPECIFICATION Weight: Width: Length: Price:

22 kg 610mm 5.3 m From $3979

16.5 kg 500mm 6.4 m $3495 kevlar & carbon $2995 fibreglass

OCEAN X This Racing Sea Kayak was designed specifically for the ‘Length of New Zealand Race’ and built around the safety criteria drawn up for that race. The Ocean X is also very suitable for kayak racing in the many harbours, estuaries and lakes of New Zealand and lends itself well to the kayak sections of many multisport races.

34 kg 280mm 4.5 m From $1790

WANDERER EXCEL A stable fun kayak which is easy to handle. This is an enjoyable kayak for all the family. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

Weight: Width: Length: Price:

11kg 450mm 5.65m $2995

REBEL This new fast funky Ruahine Kayak is designed for paddlers of both genders up to 75kgs. At 5.65 metres long, the Rebel is half way between the length of the Swallow and the Opus or Firebolt and is faster than them all. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

SPECIFICATION

KAYAKS

Weight: Width: Length: Price:

35kg 800mm 4.87 m From $2749

CONTOUR 490 This double Sea Kayak is an ideal day tourer with the easy ability to do those weekend camping expeditions. It handles well, is fun to paddle and has well appointed accessories. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

21 kg 770mm 2.5 m From $739

TASMAN EXPRESS KEVLAR As per the plastic model, the kevlar Tasman Express responds to rough conditions but its decreased weight, and increased stiffness, gives even better performance. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

32 kg 830mm 4.2 m From $1180

DELTA DOUBLE Fun for the whole family at the beach or lake. Plenty of room and great stability. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

WHIZZ A great multi-purpose family boat for big kids and small kids alike. Lots of fun this summer at the beach. (Hot surfer!) Weight: Width: Length: Price:

34 kg 830mm 4.7 m From $1449

ACADIA 470 A great fun family boat with plenty of freeboard allowing for a heavy load. Excellent for sheltered water exploring. Paddles quickly and has excellent stability. Dry storage compartment. 22.7 kg 810mm 3.12 m From $949

Weight: Width: Length: Price:

34 kg 840mm 4.75 m From $1599

TORENT FREEDOM Great for the surf and the river with awesome manoeuvrability. Excellent finish.

SWING 470 PLUS A fantastic two person cruising kayak which is stable and fast. It has plenty of storage and great features to make your adventures fun. Weight: Width: Length: Price:

16kg 685mm 2.92 m From $999

COBRA STRIKE A Wave Ski which the whole family can enjoy. Fantastic in the surf, it‘s a fast and manoeuvrable sit-on-top.

Weight: Width: Length: Price:

26 kg 640mm 4.5 m From $1999

CONTOUR 450 This kayak is designed for day tripping and light overnight expeditions. It’s great fun to paddle and handles easily.

The price advertised is for the kayak only, it does not necessarily include any of the accessories or hatches shown in the photos.

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From the USA - Seattle Sports Paddling Accessories

Dry Bag Technology moves forward

Basic Trolley If you could not afford a trolley before, you can now. Clear anodised aluminium frame Stainless steal needle bearing and hardware Pneumatic wheels Simple design

Folding Camp Sink Why carry a cumbersome plastic bowl

Super Latitude Dry Bags

3.5 gallon capacity folds flat for easy storage Top stiffeners Rugged vinyl Construction, RF welded seams and webbed carrying handles.

Opens along the length of the bag - no more losing things in the bottom of the bag Hands-free autopurge valve automatically purges the air as the bag is compressed or stuffed into tight spaces Light weight urethane coated diamond rip-stop allows these bags to slide easily into kayak hatches. A full width window makes it easy to see your gear. THESE ARE THE BEST Available in 10, 21 & 51 Litre Sizes

Showing the way forward in strength and ease of use

Paddle Float Two chamber float for added safety A 2nd chamber for use when you need extra buoyancy or if one chamber is accidentally punctured Clip on safety tether to eliminate loss in windy conditions

Solar Shower

Latitude Dry Bags

No more cold showers at the end of a dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paddling

Length opening dry bags at a competitive price Opens along the length of the bag - no more losing things at the bottom of the bag Polyester body and heavy-duty vinyl ends. WHY PUT UP WITH A TOP OPENING DRY BAG? Sizes available in 10, 21 & 51 Litre

The 5-gallon capacity for 8 minute shower Constructed of durable PVC Separate fill cap, on/off valve and a hanging/carrying handle.

Foam Paddle Float No need to worry about blowing up your paddle float - use immediately Unidirectional trapezoidal shaped foam block enhances Reflective webbing trim and metallic chrome stability front panel Large pocket for paddle blade Wide adjustable leash to secure the paddle shaft.

Bilge Pump Solid, simple & effective pump 8 gallon per minute Easy-grab handle Super-strong pump shaft and heavy-duty impact resistant plastic.

Paddle Leash Unique quick release paddle leash

Deck Bag

Streamlined, low-profile retractile cord 8' expansion Heavy-duty snaphook Internal Kevlar cord filament

A place to put your nibbles, camera, and extra clothing providing easy access while on the move Entire bag is RF welded to keep water out. Splash proof HydroKissTM zipper is sealed in with no holes for water to find. Internal plastic stiffener to keep the bag in shape A universal anchoring system

Available at all good Kayak stores

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H2Zero Dry Bags

Tough traditional design

The price leader

Frequency welded seams A three roll closure system Tough, waterproof, abrasion resistant fabric Sizes available in 10, 21 & 41 Litre

Heavy weight clear plastic Frequency welded seams A three roll closure system Tough, waterproof, abrasion resistant base fabric Sizes available in 10, 21 & 41 Litre

Grand Adventure When size matters Tough, waterproof, abrasion resistant fabric Shoulder strap & grab handle Carry all your gear in one bag Keep your car dry by keeping all your wet gear in one bag Size 99 Litre

Available at all good Kayak stores

email: greatstuff@woosh.co.nz

Directory: Things To Do

TAUPO Maori Carvings Half day guided trip to the rock carvings, Lake Taupo... only accessible by boat.

$85 per person (bookings essential). Call freephone 0800 KAYAKN for details.

TAUPO Accommodation Accommodation available to Yakity Yak club members and their families... Ideal for sport and school groups... Situated on the banks of the Waikato River our Kayakers Lodge accommodates up to 12 people, is fully furnished, with plenty of parking and a quiet location.

$25 per person per night. Phone: 0800 529256 for details

Hawkes Bay Harbour Cruise

Waikato River Discovery

Mohaka

2 hour guided kayak trip. Experience the magnificent upper reaches of the mighty Waikato River - soak in the geothermal hotsprings - take in the stunning environment... a perfect trip for all the family...

Need some excitement? Take a kayak down this wicked Grade II river run... this is a whole day of thrills and fantastic scenery down the Mohaka River.

Price: $40 adult $25 children Special group and family rates. Call freephone 0800 KAYAKN for details.

Waitara River Tours

Price: $100 per person. Call freephone 0800 KAYAKN for details. Phone: Taupo 07 378 1003, Hawke’s Bay 06 842 1305

For those who are slightly more adventurous at heart, this is a scenic trip with the excitement of grade two rapids. Midway down, we paddle under the historic Betran Rd Bridge where we will stop for a snack.

Allow 2 hours paddle only. Priced at $50. Phone: 06 769 5506

Two day trips $220.00 or one day $70.00. Phone 06 769 5506

Exploring Karepiro Bay and the Okura Marine Reserve. Enjoy this scenic trip with abundant wildlife and a stop at Dacre Cottage, the historic 1860 settlers house, which is only accessible by boat or a long walk.

Taupo - Open for the summer and by appointment. Long Bay, Auckland - by appointment only. Have some paddling fun on the beach or let us run a Tour for you and your friends and explore these beautiful areas.

All this for $40 per person. Phone 06 842 1305

Okura River Kayak Hire Company Phone: 09 473 0036

Phone Canoe & Kayak on 0508 KAYAKNZ for details

Paddle to the Pub

Okura River Kayak Hire Company Phone: 09 473 0036

Twilight Tours Departs from one of The East Coast Bays beautiful beaches. Enjoy the scenic trip with the sun setting over the cliff tops as you paddle along the coast line. COST: $49.00 • Group discounts available!

Okura River Kayak Hire Company Phone: 09 473 0036 Mobile: 025 529 255

Price on application.

0800 529256

Sugar Loaf Island From Ngamutu Beach harbour we head out to the open sea to Nga Motu/Sugar Loaf Island Marine Reserve. View the Taranaki scenic, rugged coastline as we draw closer to the Sugar Loaf Islands. Enjoy the seal colony and experience the thrill of close up views of these fascinating marine mammals.

Allow 3 hours subject to weather. $50.00 per person. Phone 06 769 5506

Kayak Hire

A guided kayak trip round the safe waters of the Inner Harbour, while learning about the history of the area. During this stunning trip around the beautiful Napier Inner Harbour of Ahuriri, we stop to share a glass of fresh orange juice, local fruits and cheese platter.

Kayaking to a local pub is a unique way of spending an evening, bringing your group of friends together by completing a fun activity before dinner and making a memorable experience. These trips are available to Riverhead, Browns Bay and Devonport Pubs. COST: $59.00 each • GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE!

Interested in a great adventure on this Magnificent River? Give us a call and we will give you a memory of a lifetime. Canoe & Kayak Taupo

Mokau River Enjoy this beautiful scenic river which winds through some of New Zealands lushest vegetation. Camping overnight and exploring some of New Zealands pioneering history. A true Kiwi experience.

Okura River Tours

Whanganui River Trips

Customized Tours • Work Functions • Schools • Clubs • Tourist groups Whether it’s an afternoon amble, a full days frolic or a wicked weekend adventure we can take you there. If there’s somewhere you’d like to paddle we can provide you with experienced guides, local knowledge, safe up to date equipment and a lot of fun.

Contact your local store on 0508 KAYAKNZ

New Zealand Kayaking Instructors Award Scheme Become a kayaking Instructor and Guide. Get into gear and get qualified! It’s fun and easy to do.

Don’t delay phone 0508 5292569 now

Join the Yakity Yak Club Want to have fun, meet new people, have challenging and enjoyable trips, and learn new skills? PLUS get a regular email newsletter and this magazine! Also, get a discount on kayaking courses and purchases from Canoe & Kayak stores. Then, join us!

Phone Canoe & Kayak on 0508 KAYAKNZ to find out more

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Learn To Kayak SEA KAYAKS, TOURING AND SIT-ON-TOPS

WHITE WATER AND MULTISPORT

Stage 2

Stage 1

INTRO TO WHITE WATER

SKILLS COURSE

ESKIMO ROLLING

A comprehensive course designed to cover the skills required to become a technically correct and safe paddler. The course progresses so you develop techniques and confidence at an enjoyable pace with great end results. This course is run over a weekend or by request in the evenings.

This course covers the skills required to become a technically correct Eskimo Roller. You increase your confidence, allowing you to paddle in more challenging conditions. Being able to eskimo roll will make you a more competent, safe and capable paddler.

A comprehensive course designed to cover the skills required to become a technically correct paddler. Starting off in a heated pool and progressing through flat water to moving water, it allows you to develop techniques and confidence at an enjoyable pace with great end results.

Course: 4 evening sessions COST $200

Course: Weekend COST $349

COST $295

Stage 3

Stage 2

ESKIMO ROLLING This course covers the skills required to become a technically correct Eskimo Roller. This will increase your confidence, allowing you to paddle in more challenging conditions.

Course: 4 evening sessions COST $200

Stage 3

Stage 4

MULTISPORT On this course we continue to build on the skills gained on Stage One and Two Courses. Developing your skills, technique and confidence on the faster moving white water of the Waikato River and progressing on to a Sunday day trip on the Mohaka River. Includes, eddie turns, ferry gliding, rolling, surfing and building new skills in River Rescue techniques and River Reading.

During this course we build on the skills gained on the Stage One to Three Courses. Developing your moving water skills, technique and confidence in your Multi Sport Kayak. We start on the Mohaka River on Saturday and progress to the Whanganui on Sunday for some big water paddling. River racing competency letters are awarded to those who meet the standard and criteria as outlined on the Grade Two Competency Certificate. A copy is available from Canoe & Kayak Shops.

Course: Weekend • COST $349

RIVER SKILLS WEATHER & NAVIGATION Understanding the weather and ability to navigate in adverse conditions is vital when venturing into the outdoors. Learn to use charts and compasses and forecast the weather using maps and the clouds.

Course: 4 evening sessions COST $150

OCEANS COURSE An advanced course designed to build on your skills. Covering paddling technique, kayak control, rescues, preparation, planning and decision making.

Course: Weekend/overnight. COST $350

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Stage 5 KAYAKING SURF COURSE Surfing is heaps of fun when you know how. We will spend the evenings starting off in small surf and building up to one and a half metre waves. We will use a range of sit-on-tops and kayaks to make it fun and easy to learn. Skills to be taught include surfing protocol, paddling out, direction control, tricks and safety

RESCUE COURSE

Course: 4 evening sessions COST $349

Programme One Evening Cost $60

You need rescue skills to look after yourself and your paddling buddies in adverse conditions. This course covers towing systems, capsized kayaks, T Rescues, paddle floats, stern deck carries, re-enter and roll.

Winner of a ‘Flow’ Kayak is Tony Devlin from Cambridge 50

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ADVANCED WHITEWATER

RIVER RESCUE

This course is designed to sharpen your whitewater skills and start learning simple rodeo moves. We will focus on skills such as river reading, body position and rotation, advanced paddle technique, playing in holes and negotiating higher Grade 3 rapids. We recommend you are feeling comfortable on Grade 2+ rapids. Ideally you should already be paddling the mid section of Rangitaiki or equivalent.

This course is designed to cover likely scenarios on white water rivers. The course is suitable for paddlers who feel comfortable on Grade One to Two rivers. The areas covered are rope skills, muscle techniques, team control, heads up, risk management and combat swimming. Also covering skills required in the following situations: entrapments, kayak wraps, swimming kayakers and their equipment.

Course: Weekend • COST $349

Course: Weekend • COST P.O.A.

Winner of a Sea Kayaking Skills Course is Squirrel Main from Taupo

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