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Tuna e Hoe Ana (2 day) (Subject to Sanctioning)

Venue:

Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes National Park

Date:

Fri 26th Feb - Sat 27th Feb 2027

Distance:

2km - 10km

Host:

Maitahi Outrigger Canoe Club

Contact Details

Name: Linda Heath

Description

Kaupapa

Tuna e Hoe Ana – “Paddling with the eels” is a unique Alpine waka ama experience situated in the beautiful Kerr Bay, Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park area. This event has been running for 27 years with an average of 150 kaihoe per year. The event runs over 2 days, Friday afternoon is for the small craft (W1,W2) racing. Saturday is for the W6 paddlers, tāne, wāhine and mixed crews. The categories go from Intermediate paddlers through to M70. The race lengths are from 2kms through to 10kms.

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