Kororareka Waka Ama

Kororareka Waka Ama We are small, social, community-based waka ama club, based in the heart of Kororareka (Russell) Nau mai koutou katoa, no experience necessary!

Wear shorts, sun protection & a fun, positive attitude! We meet near the corner of Pitt St and The Strand, just down from Pompallier. DAYS and TIMES:
JUNIORS - School age, Wednesdays on the water at 5pm, adults at 6pm if enough numbers. ADULTS - Every Sunday on the water at 8am. Please come 15mins earlier to help get the waka ready. Paddles and lifejackets are provided, but if you have your own, p

lease bring them! Annual Fees :
Child $10
Adults $50
Whanau $70
Fees are payable after 3 paddles, after our AGM each year - for more details on this please enquire with Richard, Airini or Jo

Many hands make light work! 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Waka ama Wednesdays is back on for our junior paddlers - here they are, all helping to...
08/10/2025

Many hands make light work! 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Waka ama Wednesdays is back on for our junior paddlers - here they are, all helping to roll out our conveyor so we can get the waka into the water faster for them! 😄
Great to see so many enthusiastic tamariki for our first session back ☺️

What we like to do on Wednesdays 😌 Best of luck to the Ferguson whanau making their way to compete in the Long Distance ...
23/07/2025

What we like to do on Wednesdays 😌
Best of luck to the Ferguson whanau making their way to compete in the Long Distance World Champs in Brazil in a couple of weeks!

23/07/2025

There’s nothing like ending the day with a sunset paddle, especially in Winter! We’re going to start back up our Wednesday afternoon sessions for adults if we get enough numbers. If you are keen and can make it, let us know 😊

Long weekend love, getting some Kina along the way on our morning paddle!! How do you like to eat yours? Straight outta ...
03/06/2024

Long weekend love, getting some Kina along the way on our morning paddle!!
How do you like to eat yours? Straight outta the shell, on hot buttered toast or mixed as a pâté?? 😋

Nga mihi nui to everyone who supported our Easter fundraiser to help get our three local kaihoe Richard, Rhonda & Henrie...
03/04/2024

Nga mihi nui to everyone who supported our Easter fundraiser to help get our three local kaihoe Richard, Rhonda & Henrietta to the World Sprint Champs in Hawai’i this August.

With the awesome turnout of locals and visitors supporting our kaupapa, we were able to exceed our fundraising target of $10k 🙌🏾

Huge thank you to the Russell Lodge for their very generous koha & support, and heartfelt thanks to our waka whanau for all their hard work and organising of the stalls & hangi to make this happen! ❤️

Congratulations to our Silent Auction and Raffle winners!
Silent Auction:
Jonathan White Art Book - Alistair Mitchell
Craypot - Hana David

Sweet Raffle: Lynda
Savoury Raffle: Amy

Our three kaihoe are very humbled by everyone’s support, and we think it’s well deserved for the time and effort they put into waka ama and our community 🫶🏽

Grab a bargain on these Kauri gum
30/03/2024

Grab a bargain on these Kauri gum

If you are planning to be in the Bay of Islands over Easter (the Brynderwyns section of SH1 is open from 28th Mar - 2nd ...
26/03/2024

If you are planning to be in the Bay of Islands over Easter (the Brynderwyns section of SH1 is open from 28th Mar - 2nd Apr 😉) come and support our fundraising efforts to send our 3 local paddlers to the World Sprint Champs in Hawai’i this August!

We are having some food stalls this Easter Sunday at 11am in Kororareka (all locally made by our whānaunga) as well as hangi packs, which can be pre-ordered.
If you’d like to order hangi please message us using the button below - cut off for pre-orders is this Thursday 12pm 😊

What a fun morning to finish off the year! Arohatinonui to Michael AndTracey Cadogan and our other waka whanau for all t...
31/12/2023

What a fun morning to finish off the year! Arohatinonui to Michael AndTracey Cadogan and our other waka whanau for all their work behind the scenes to put on our NYE bbq breakfast for all our kaihoe - we definitely needed it after our windy paddle 😅❤️

Address

Corner Of Pitt Street And The Strand, Bay Of Islands
Russell
0202

Opening Hours

Wednesday 5pm - 7pm
Sunday 7:45am - 9:15am

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