Hawke’s Bay’s flourishing waka ama community [As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] “GO!” The green flag flies on Lake Karapiro at the 2024 Aotearoa Waka Ama National Sprint Championships. Sixty women aged between 60 and 70 years old, including myself, push our paddles down and “catch” the water. This is the final of the 500 […]