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Tuesday 4:30pm - 6:30pm Thursday 4:30pm - 6:30pm Saturday 7am - 8:30am Sunday 9am - 10:30am

Arai Roa Waka Ama

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Arai Roa Waka Ama is a whānau-led club grounded in kaupapa Māori.

We provide a safe, inclusive space for families to paddle together, build connection, and strengthen tinana, hinengaro, and wairua.

17/10/2026

📢📣kia whānau, todays 1pm paddle is cancelled while I give my back time to recover.

Our fundraising stall is on today, 10am-2pm outside woolies. Pop down and support the club.💙

Next training is 20th October at 3pm, provided my back us up to it, weather, tides & numbers allow🌊🛶

08/10/2026

🏊‍♂️🌊Saftey reasons 4pm today cancelled, lack of numbers to move rigs safely to & from water, & personal safety...optimum for our participants in this sport.🛶

02/10/2026

🌊 ĀRAI ROA WAKA AMA – OCTOBER TRAINING 🌊
October training times:
🛶 Tuesday 6 October – 4:00 pm
🛶 Thursday 8 October – 4:00 pm
🛶 Saturday 10 October – 7:00 am
🛶 Saturday 17 October – 11:30 am
🛶 Sunday 18 October – 1:00 pm
🛶 Tuesday 20 October – 3:00 pm
🛶 Thursday 22 October – 4:00 pm
🛶 Saturday 24 October – 5:00 pm
🛶 Saturday 31 October – 11:00 am
⭐ Last October training session for club members
As always, training is weather and tide dependent, and also depends on having sufficient paddlers and adults attending each session for safety reasons. We need enough hands to safely move, launch and return our waka.
Any changes or cancellations will be posted to the group.
See you on the water! 🌊🛶

25/09/2026

Ārai Roa Waka Ama – Training Update 🌊🛶
Thursday’s training was cancelled as we didn’t have enough paddlers to safely get our waka onto the water and back again.
Looking after our paddlers and looking after our waka comes first. We’d rather miss a session than risk damaged waka — or damaged bodies! ❤️
We’ll be back on the water when the tide, weather and numbers are right.
One Waka, One Heart. ❤️🛶

24/09/2026

Ārai Roa Waka Ama – Supporting Our Community 🌊🛶
What a wonderful day supporting Ko tahi Aroha inside Te Huruhi School, club exposure & a chance to do a little fundraiser, and being part of our local community.
A huge mihi and thank you to everyone who helped, supported with baking, aunty Jenny Toka, Dr Sue Watson contributeing to the day, and especially to those who generously donated items for our raffles.
Special thanks to Hinemoa Elder for donating her beautiful books, Timmy Teas, and Aroha Tours for the beautiful pounamu gifted for our raffles. Your generosity and support are greatly appreciated.
For Ārai Roa Waka Ama, it’s about more than paddling — it’s about whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, our rangatahi and supporting our Waiheke community.
One Waka, One Heart. ❤️🛶

17/08/2026

September...See you soon!

16/08/2026

Nau mai, haere mai!!

14/06/2026

"A huge thank you once again to everyone who supported todays fundraiser. Whether you helped at the sausage sizzle, donated baking, contributed items to the tables, or simply came along to support us, your generosity and community spirit are greatly appreciated. I'm sorry I couldn't be there, but im incredibly grateful for all your hard work and support. Nga mihi nui to everyone involved "

24/05/2026

🌺🌊 What an incredible day for Arai Roa 🌊🌺

Our amazing Calista hosted 22 University students from Florida through two waka ama sessions here on Waiheke 🙌

From learning the basics right through to steering on the moana in beautiful conditions, the group experienced not only waka ama, but the warmth, culture and manaakitanga of our community 💛

The day finished with kai, kōrero and plenty of smiles — with many of our manuhiri reluctant to leave the island after creating such special memories with us 🌊✨

A massive kia ora to Calista for leading today so admirably, and to her whānau for supporting the kaupapa and helping make the experience so special for our guests 💪🌺

Moments like these show what Arai Roa is truly about:
🌊 Whānau
🌺 Community
💛 Connection
✨ Sharing culture through waka ama

Tumeke mahi everyone 🙌
He waka eke noa 🌊

24/05/2026

💛 Ngā mihi nui whānau 💛

A huge thank you to everyone who donated their time, brought baking, helped on the stall, popped by to support us, or even just sent good thoughts our way 🙌🌭🍪

It was a successful day for Arai Roa and we’re so grateful for the support from our amazing community 🌊

These fundraisers help support our club, our tamariki, equipment and getting more people out on the moana 💪🌺

And the good news… another one is coming up in a couple of weeks 😊

Keep an eye on the page for details 👀

He waka eke noa 🌊

Address

Tahatai Road
Oneroa
1081

Opening Hours

Tuesday	4:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday	4:30pm - 6:30pm
Saturday	7am - 8:30am
Sunday	9am - 10:30am

Website

https://urutengangana.wixsite.com/wakaamaarairoa

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