News

2004-02-13T21:17:56+13:00 Since the TDC revealed that Jet Boating New Zealand was seeking a permanent speed uplifting on the Buller River, the NZRCA has communicated its safety concerns to the JBNZ….

2004-02-25T10:14:19+13:00 Please accept our apology for the glitch that meant whitewater.mytestsite.nz was unavailable since early yesterday evening. If you sent email to a *@whitewater.mytestsite.nz address over that time, please resend…

2004-02-27T07:20:42+13:00 Duncan Catanach has compiled the NZRCA’s submissions opposing the Aoraki Water Trust and Opihi River Development Company Ltd. resource consent applications affecting the Tekapo River and the Pukaki Farming…

2004-02-02T21:00:39+13:00 The Nelson Mail is reporting that kayakers Matt Crean and Grant Ruthven were on the spot to help when a car with five people inside it careened into the…

2004-08-13T14:00:00+12:00 The New Zealand Freestyle Kayak Committee have a new web site http://www.freestylekayak.org.nz

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

2004-10-19T14:57:00+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…

2004-10-19T17:18:00+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…

2004-10-28T17:47:00+13:00 The NZRCA has once again received a Water Safety NZ subsidy for club and individual members attending NZRCA-approved River Safety or River Rescue courses. Both courses are subsidised at…

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…

2004-11-03T17:34:00+13:00 Jon Conway describes a multi-day trip down the remote and beautiful Upper Waiau river in Canterbury.

2004-11-09T17:36:00+13:00 The NZRCA’s Annual Report to Members, compiled by President Robin Rutter-Baumann and presented to the 2004 AGM summarises the NZRCA’s achievements and challenges over the past year, and looks…

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…

2004-10-07T13:52:00+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…

2004-03-30T09:52:00+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…

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,…

2004-04-02T10:15:21+12:00 [9 March] Maggie Oakley warns of a metal irrigation intake approx. 600m up from the normal take-out to the Dogleg section on the Kawarau river. The intake on 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…

2004-05-12T12:56:00+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…

2004-05-28T12:40:00+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…

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

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…

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