February 2, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Joe Conrad | Waka Tauā Expert
Waitangi Day It’s not just paddlers from the North taking part either, with paddlers coming from Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, and Tainui, with a large contingent of paddlers from the Njord Royal Rowing Club at Leiden University in the Netherlands, who row Te Hono ki Aotearoa, a waka gifted to the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden.