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2004-10-31T21:09:00+13:00 The Mangahao release was postponed by King Country Energy yesterday (30 October 2004), after heavy rain in the early hours of the morning. A replacement release will be announced…

2004-10-19T17:18:00+13:00 NZRCA president, Robin Rutter-Baumann, was interviewed on Morning Report today, by Sean Plunkett, about the Coroner’s inquest into the fatal kayak accident on the Buller River in 2002. The…

2004-10-19T14:57:00+13:00 The Spring 2004 (04.2) issue of NZ Canoeing has been dispatched to members and includes articles such as Risk and Recreation, Reflections on the Buller Drowning Jan 2002 (Tony…

2004-10-07T13:52:00+13:00 Filmed in some of the most spectacular white water New Zealand has to offer, this road trip around the country follows four extreme paddlers and their quest for New…

2004-08-13T14:02:00+12:00 Maree Baker reports that the Environment Court issued its decision on the 6th of August 2004, to protect the Rangitata River with a Water Conservation Order (WCO) Conservation

2004-07-20T09:35:00+12:00 Louise Urwin & George Tatham are organising the WWWinterfest at the Kaituna River on Saturday 17th July Update 20 July: Last weekend’s floods caused this event to be postponed…

2004-07-09T11:00:00+12:00 Mick Hopkinson reports that The Bull Paddock a.k.a. the Middle Matakitaki has been sold, raising issues about continued access to one of the best grade 2 runs in the…

2004-07-07T17:10:00+12:00 The NZRCA AGM for 2004 will be held on Saturday 24 July 2004 in Dunedin starting at 10am at the Otago Tramping Club, 3 Young St (off Prince Edward…

2004-07-07T16:41:00+12:00 The releases for the Wairoa for the 2004-05 season are online in Events & Releases.

2004-05-28T12:40:00+12:00 The Winter 2004 (04.1) issue of NZ Canoeing has been dispatched to members and includes articles such as Newssplashes (Tony Ward-Holmes), Releases (Tony Ward-Holmes), Conservation (Maree Baker and Duncan…

2004-05-12T12:56:00+12:00 The NZRCA Accident/Incident Database is intended to be a definitive record of whitewater kayak and canoe incidents, published in order to raise awareness of risks among the recreational canoeing…

2004-05-06T14:44:00+12:00 Mark Fielding and friends enjoy a spring-time descent of Marlborough’s Wairau River.

2004-04-22T19:10:00+12:00 An adult and four teenagers were brought out after overnighting near the Ngaruroro River in Hawkes Bay. Police described the trip as “irresponsible.” The group was woefully under-equipped, apparently…

2004-04-01T19:55:00+12:00 [30 March] NZPA report (temporary link) a 19 year old British paddler drowned on the Crooked River on Monday 29 March. Apparently, the victim fell out [of] her kayak,…

2004-03-30T09:52:00+12:00 Yesterday, Meridian Energy announced it will not continue with Project Aqua, its controversial hydro-electric development project on the lower Waitaki River. On March 12, 2004, Duncan Catanach compiled the…

2005-02-11T14:06:30+13:00 The annual TEVA Buller Festival will be held on Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March, in and around Murchison. The festival features an extreme race, videos and…

2005-02-04T11:18:00+13:00 The Mohaka Water Conservation Order for the Mohaka river (2004/397) was brought into force in December last year.

2005-02-01T15:25:00+13:00 NZRCA Access Officer Graeme McIntyre is liaising with Ruapehu District Council, Environment Waikato and DoC regarding emergency procedures in the event of a lahar from Mt Ruapehu’s crater lake….

2005-01-25T11:18:00+13:00 Andi Uhl advises the TEVA 2005 Wairoa Whitewater Extreme Race is scheduled for February 12 and 13, 2005, on the Wairoa River, Bay of Plenty, near Tauranga. Entries can…

2005-01-10T09:21:00+13:00 Richard Bannister advises that Southland’s Mararoa and Waiau rivers have algal blooms, so kayakers are advised not to paddle them to avoid spreading the algae to other rivers, or…