Waka Ama New Zealand Inc. is the non-profit national sporting organisation for the sport of Waka Ama in New Zealand.

In 2024 we launched a new strategic plan and the Board are excited to fulfil that plan over the coming years.
Strategic Plan can be viewed here

The Board is made up of four (4) elected board members and three (3) appointed Board members. We are currently calling for nominations for one (1) elected position.

Nominations can be made by Member Clubs or Member Regions. You can nominate any individual. Nominees do not need be a member/paddler of your club or region. However the individual cannot be an existing member of one of the 6 Waka Ama Regional Boards/Committees (TTPCA, AROCA, TPOTI, TUOTR, HTPWAA, TWOA)

We are seeking a Board member who will take an active involvement in the sport’s governance body and in the best interests of its membership as a whole.

All nominees must be honest, reliable, trustworthy and comfortable to ‘walk and talk’, particularly in relation to the values of our sport (as outlined in our Strategic Plan)

The nomination form is an electronic form available on this link: Click here and must be received, complete with relevant nominee profile and any references, by 5pm Friday 8th August 2025

A short list of nominees will be selected from the nominations, based on the skills that best provide for the needs our organisation. This final list of nominees, along with their profiles, will be posted on the Waka Ama website and circulated for clubs to vote.

The successful Nominee will be announced at the SGM on Thursday 11th September
Information about the upcoming SGM and proposed constitution changes can be found here

Whole of Board Skills Matrix - In particular, we are looking for board members that hold skills in the areas highlighted in blue.

Our current Constitution can be found here