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Shannon Mast was nominated by Justin Venable, Hamish Darling and Mick Hopkinson. [Shannon Mast paddling Boundary Creek]   Bio provided by Justin Venable. Shannon Mast (aka Daniel, Moisty, or Mzungu…

A few words from a kayaker-come-packrafter If you hadn’t noticed, packrafting is growing at a great pace, attracting trampers and adventure racers, and quite a few kayakers. One of packrafting’s…

Aquatic pests! Recreating in and around our rivers comes with big responsibility. As whitewater sports become more accessible and gear improves, more people are paddling and in more remote waterways…

Whitewater NZ Summer Update. Below is a brief run down of the submissions sent, idea’s worked on, successes had and work done. It is not a complete list, however we…

AGM via Zoom on Wednesday 25th August at 8pm. The 2021 Whitewater NZ AGM will be held on 25th August at 8pm and we hope to see you there! Members will…

Show your love of rivers and support for Whitewater NZ by wearing one of these super cool new T-Shirts!!! Every purchase will help Whitewater NZ to keep our rivers wild…

Please donate here. After years of tireless efforts from Whitewater New Zealand and others, a Special Tribunal recommended that the Ngaruroro River in Hawkes Bay be protected by a Water…

What does whitewater paddling in NZ look like at the various pandemic alert levels?  With today’s news about Covid-19 in the community we thought it would be worth reminding everybody…

Well done New Zealand!Today (8th June 2020) Government has reported that there are no active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Because of this we will move to Level 1…

A Quick Guide to River Safety  Our collective efforts during Alert Level 3 and 4 has enabled New Zealand to do what many other countries have failed to do and…

On Thursday (14th May) NZ will move into Level 2 Pandemic Alert. Whilst some lucky paddlers were able to get a whitewater fix during the Level 3 Alert over the…

We are currently experiencing a time of great uncertainty due to COVID-19. Our current landscape has been dramatically changed with alterations to how we work, play, exercise, socialise and live….

At today’s 1pm Covid-19 briefing we heard that on Thursday (16th April) the Government will release guidance on what the shift from level 4 Alert to level 3 Alert will…

Attention all WWNZ members. We have decided to run a photo competition to try and inspire those of you who are in lockdown at the moment dreaming of WW kayaking….

Due to the Covid-19 lockdown situation this month’s scheduled Tongariro release has been postponed. Whitewater NZ has negotiated with Genesis Energy to postpone this release until later in the year,…

2019 has been a big year for WWNZ. Here’s a brief blow-by-blow run down of what’s been happening with us and around the country: Waitaha: After a five year long…