Author Archive

1999-05-03T18:10:16+12:00

Added an article about TranzRail’s plan.

1999-04-22T18:07:02+12:00

Trouble with jetboats? Have a look at our Safety / Accidents and Incidents article and form on the Safety page. Added several images of the Clarence River. Fixed misdirected links on NZRCA Home page, fixed broken links on What’s new? page, Added contact information.

Access, Safety

1999-02-28T15:09:05+13:00

You can now click here for a list of canoe and kayak clubs in New Zealand.

1999-03-30T22:34:13+12:00

Some images from the Pukaki Release on Sunday 28 are now online in the new Whitewater Gallery section.

1998-08-01T13:31:26+12:00

The NZRCA has announced Colin Leitch, previously of Blenheim, now in Auckland, as “Canoeist of the Year” for 1998.

Whitewater NZ

1999-02-28T13:34:43+13:00

The Department of Conservation’s Draft Management plan for Kahurangi National Park proposes to remove huts and may limit air access to the Karamea river, and Golden Bay rivers such as the Waingaro, Stanley and Anatoki.

Access

1999-04-07T18:00:18+12:00

Please note the change to the postal address for the NZRCA. It is now PO Box 284, Wellington.

1999-03-07T15:10:16+13:00

Added About the NZRCA, List of Executive and Officers, Conservation page, How to make a submission, Example submission (Clarence), link to AUCC and more.

1999-04-28T18:08:42+12:00

Added a Shotover picture to the Whitewater Gallery. Added email link for Open Canoe Newsletter. Added bio for Robin Rutter-Baumann. Added link to Victoria Canoe Club on Clubs page.

1999-05-16T18:14:29+12:00

The TDC now has a useful real-time river flow map available http://www.tdc.govt.nz/water/riverflow.html.

1999-03-12T15:13:39+13:00

Added articles on Amenity Values and Water Conservation Orders, Membership page with a Club Membership form, and changed the visual appearance of context headers and page footer information.

1999-03-30T22:37:57+12:00

The results from the NZFKC selection rodeo held on 27/28 March, and the dates of the next selection events are online at the NZFKC site.

1999-05-16T18:16:53+12:00

Graham Charles describes the first descent of the Mungo River (West Coast) in the April edition of Air New Zealand’s in-flight magazine Pacific Wave.

1999-06-03T18:22:24+12:00

The latest issue of NZRCA’s official newsletter “NZ Canoeing” is now available to members. Features include updates on NZRCA’s appeal regarding the Clarence, Memories of Matt Daly, RMA review and Shoulder dislocations.

Conservation

1999-06-10T18:23:22+12:00

Be safer on the river by attending a River Safety course. Subsidies available. Read course content and information in Education / River Safety Courses.

1999-06-01T18:20:25+12:00

The June-July issue is in the shops, and kayakers will be interested in Graham Charles, Mark Jones and Marcus Waters’ plan to sea-kayak the length of the Antarctic Peninsula this summer. There’s mention of a descent of the Adams River on the West Coast by Kerry Hogland and others. Craig Pearless recounts an “Escape from Tree Trunk Gorge” on the Tongariro. Grant Davidson describes an overnight raft and kayak trip on the middle Mohaka.

Access

1999-09-08T18:39:37+12:00

The latest issue of NZRCA’s official newsletter “NZ Canoeing” is now available to members. Features include the final chapter on the NZRCA’s appeal regarding the Clarence, the launch of the Conservation Confluence network, a story about a pinned kayak on the Mangahao, paddling flooded rivers and paddling on the Pukaki.

Whitewater NZ

1999-07-04T18:30:54+12:00

Maree Baker has written an update on Tranz Rail’s Clarence River consent and you can also read a couple trip reports for the Clarence River: A source to sea rafting trip by Kate Batten and a detailed 1981 account from Jim Hutton.

Access, Conservation

1999-08-05T18:33:25+12:00

The NZRCA AGM was held in Wellington on Saturday 17 July. Most officers were re-elected to their portfolios and we welcome our new Safety Officer Ian Logie and our new Membership Officer Chris Sinclair – thanks to departing officers Mark Planner and Donald Calder for being part of the crew. A significant number of constitutional changes were ratified and in due course they will make the association more effective. There will be no change to membership fees for the next year. Issues such as the Clarence quarry, Tasman District Council riverworks, a new survey of river use, and Treaty of Waitangi claims to rivers were discussed. Minutes from the AGM are available to members upon request (email admin@whitewater.mytestsite.nz).

1999-08-05T18:34:35+12:00

Welcome to Lynne Fuggle who is the new Administration Officer for the NZRCA, and thanks to previous Administration Officer Janette Kear who is continuing as Education Officer. Please note the changed phone number for the Association (now 03 384 9301).

1999-08-05T18:35:51+12:00

Now prospective Associate Members can download a PDF version of the Associate Membership form, available from the Membership page.

1999-09-05T18:37:16+12:00

Now you can join the NZRCA by downloading a membership form from the Membership page.

1999-05-16T18:17:51+12:00

In case you haven’t heard, Sarah Moodie is the new publisher and editor of NZ Adventure magazine, and the March-April-May issue has plenty of interest to kayakers, including a first descent of the Upper Whitcombe (West Coast) by Arnd Schaftlein, Andi Uhl and friends. Sarah writes about the ECNZ Rodeo Pre-Worlds at Ngaawaparua, documents new boats from Eskimo (Zwo), Riot (Glide) and Prijon (Samurai) and reviews three new whitewater videos.

Access

1999-05-16T18:19:26+12:00

Graham Charles is seeking information on new runs, corrections and hot images for the second edition of NZ Whitewater. Be quick though!