News

2005-01-07T10:18:00+13:00 An injury incident that occured on the Waihi Falls in August 2004 has been added to the Accident/Incident Database.

2005-01-09T12:44:00+13:00 The Andy Duff Memorial Kaituna Challenge will be on Saturday January 15 at 5pm featuring mass-start races from Control Gates to Bottom Hole for play boats, topoduos, sledges, long…

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…

2005-01-11T16:40:00+13:00 The NZRCA has updated the Guide to the Whanganui River to edition 15. Numerous changes include new DOC Hut and Campsite Pass options. NZRCA members receive a discount; refer…

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…

2005-02-01T15:25:00+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….

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

2005-02-11T14:06:30+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…

2005-01-05T21:19:00+13:00 Kerry Hoglund and Brett Miller ignore the omens and survive an adventure on the Oparara river. Access

2005-01-02T20:45:00+13:00 [7 October 2004] The Wet West Film Festival is an international, competitive film festival, with water as its theme, mixed liberally with the outdoors and stirred by adventure! Enter…

2004-12-20T13:51:00+13:00 Andi Uhl has alerted kayakers to the proposal by Bay of Plenty Electricity to build a 7m, 15-20MW dam that would destroy the Awesome Gorge section of the Kaituna…

2004-11-11T13:33:00+13:00 The ODT reports that Olympic slalom paddler Scott Shipley is in Otago to assist Contact Energy in resource consent negotiations with Central Otago Whitewater. Shipley, who is also a…

2004-11-12T14:56:00+13:00 River Valley and Bliss-Stick have announced that the Rangitikei River Festival will be held on Saturday 18 December. An Extreme Race and Big Air Contest will be followed by…

2004-11-19T10:33:00+13:00 Genesis Energy has advised that the Poutu intake and Rangipo dams are closed for maintenance, giving kayakers the oportunity to paddle the “Access 10”, “Access 13” and “Access 14”…

2004-11-23T14:04:00+13:00 The Kaituna Rodeo is this weekend, Saturday 27 November 2004. Registration at 9am and briefing at 10am. Cost $20. Contact lu at nairnfisher dot co dot nz.

2004-11-26T09:52:00+13:00 The Niamh Tomkins Memorial Kayak Rodeo is an annual freestyle kayak event at Fulljames rapid (Ngawaapurua) on the Waikato River. It is a competitive rodeo, but the emphasis is…

2004-12-07T14:52:00+13:00 [27 October] The planned releases from Meridian Energy for the Tekapo river, Tekapo Whitewater Course and Pukaki river have been added to Events & Releases. Note the Annual WWCC…

2004-12-16T10:55:00+13:00 [15 December 2004] The NZRCA has announced its membership in the Living Rivers Coalition, joining Fish & Game, Forest and Bird and Federated Mountain Clubs to protect New Zealand’s…

2004-12-01T14:20:00+13:00 It took twelve years, numerous meetings, submissions and an appeal to the Environment Court, but Genesis Energy and the NZRCA have agreed to a schedule of recreational releases for…

2004-11-30T10:30:00+13:00 Hugh Canard reports on a trip down the wild and remote Wairaurahiri river in Southland. Access

2005-02-23T20:53:00+13:00 [31 January] In the wake of the collapse of Project Aqua, the Government is seeking to provide greater certainty and efficiency in the way the RMA operates. The Resource…

2005-03-07T21:25:00+13:00 [4 March] Kayakers and environmentalists will be staging a major protest this weekend at BullerFest over a proposal to put the Gowan River into a hydro canal. Protesters plan…

2005-03-08T10:35:00+13:00 In a joint media release (PDF, 73k), Contact Energy, the NZRCA and Central Otago Whitewater the parties have announced that Contact Energy will fund the design and construction of…

2005-03-17T16:09:00+13:00 [23 Feburary] BOPDHB has issued a media release saying the algal bloom has extended to Okere Arm (PDF, 32k) of Lake Rotoiti, and advise recreationalists to avoid ‘significant’ contact…