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Vaka Eiva welcomes international paddlers back to Rarotonga for first time since pandemic

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The annual Vaka Eiva outrigger canoe competition welcomed over 350 paddlers from the Pacific and beyond at a blessing on Friday 1 December in Avarua. Paddlers battled relatively choppy conditions throughout the week, with several junior races called off or postponed. On Friday, the final day of the event, paddlers competed in what's known as the pinnacle of the competition, the 36km round Raro relay race.

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Vaka Eiva welcomes international paddlers back to Rarotonga for first time since pandemic

While the Pacific sporting world was focusing on the Pacific Games in Honiara, another international sporting spectacle is taking place on Rarotonga this week - an event with distinctly Pacific roots.

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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Monday, December 4, 2023.
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