Great Britain Outrigger

Boats are ready for Winter Sprints 2026

SPECTACULAR SINGAPORE! Are you interested in racing in the World Club Championships in Singapore this summer? Contact your GB club to find out more about how you can take part in selection.

OPEN MEN ELITE NATIONAL V6 TEAM. If you wish to enter into selection for the GB Elite Men's V6 National Team, please visit: https://gboutrigger.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=

He Maimai Aroha - Karaitiana (Mack) Tamatea

Ko te karanga o Hine-nui-te-pō tē taea te karo, ā, kua riro atu tēnei pou ki tōna reo pōwhiri.

Ka tangi hotuhotu te manawa, ka noho mokemoke ko Waka Ama i tōna wehenga i te tirohanga kanohi.

Waka Ama Aotearoa NZ is deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our kaumatua, dear friend and fellow kaitūao whānau member Karaitiana Tamatea. Karaitiana and his wife Te Rairi have been involved with the Waka Ama Nationals since the early 2000’s. Since this time, Karaitiana, Te Rairi and our Ngāti Korokī Kahukura whānau have hosted many visitors, whānau and friends of Waka Ama. Spending the entire week at Karāpiro, supporting us as organisers and ensuring all manuwhiri were cared for with the utmost level of manaakitanga and aroha.

Tomorrow morning, Monday 12 January, Karaitiana will arrive to Lake Karāpiro where paddlers can pay their respect to him and his whānau while in transit to Maungatautari Marae. All races will pause at this time until Karaitiana departs the lake. We ask that everyone onsite respect this time for our kaumatua.

We are reminded by his famous saying ‘he pakanga ki tai, he rongopai ki uta’, although waka ama is competitive on the water, we are all whānau when we return to land and to look after one another, while enjoying the sport we all love.

Haere atu rā e Koro, moe mai i roto i te aroha o ngā mātua, o ngā tūpuna.

“They taught us so much about home, taught us so much about family, but it strongly reminds us why we sail” - PVS CEO Nainoa Thompson Looking back at arrival to Tautira, Tahiti on July 28, 2025. The village of Tautira welcomed Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia, and crews with powerful expressions of aloha and celebration, including vibrant dancing and speeches. All spoke to the enduring legacy and special bond between Hōkūleʻa and Tautira built over nearly 50 years, since they first opened their arms and homes to us in 1976. #Hokulea50 #Hikianalia #MoananuiakeaVoyage

GB Master 40 Men

Hawai'i Ohana: Registration will be closing soon for this year's Queen Liliu'okalani Canoe Races - sign up now. Signature Saturday race division winners are awarded 2026 entry fees: FIRST PLACE CREWS: women and men in: Unlimited Traditional Koa Junior teen girls and boys along with all the traditional medals, awrds and prizes. See you soon! #qlcanoerace #lethawaiihappen #oceanpaddlertv

GB Va'a V6 Master Women 40's

Cook Islands 1st ever gold medal....congrats. M40 Men's V1

Master 40 women ready to go!!