Other northisland site

There are a few other north islad site inc. Topec, Colliers bride, and jeff joys. These are ok, but rareely used and need some work.
I will put up more pictures and the south island sites oneday

Rieds Farm

Reids farm is a great loops site just out of Taupo. Another great training site, right on the edge of a great city with a beautiful lake and so much fun stuff to do.
Its prety flat but great for training technique and doing off season training.

Wairoa River

This little baby flows on sunday's 26times per year. It plays host to the Wairoa extreme race, and numerous slalom races through out the summer. The course is fast in places, and great for training. It takes a few hours to set up the course in the morning, but once the wires are up its pretty fast to set up the course. The river floods a few times per season and when it rains it makes a wicked river run. the course is 300m long, and is on the back doorstep of all tauraga locals. A city which is on the coast and quite a cool place to hang out. Best time of the yr is between december and febuary when the water is warm and the weather is good. It makes for a great weekend change from the kaituna....

Home run slalom rapid

Tarawera River in Kawerau

This little beauty is situated in the middle of a sweet little kiwi town, only there because of the town mill. Its a great place to train, once you've got some wires and gates up. But can be used for every kind of training...loop,lactic,tech,fullies etc!!!The best site is in town by the rugby club, which has a pub. The site has wires hanging but you need to take gates. The river level stays almost exactly the same all year and is fast with small holes fast waves and tight eddies. The flow doesn't change because it is gauged by a lake at the top, where the water has to flow through a hole to get into the river. The river above the site has 20km of grade 2/3 with a bit of 4 depending on where you go.


Accomodation is pretty easy to find in the township, as most tourists don't really go there or even know about it.

Kaituna River

The Kaituna is a classic river run, and slalom site due to the continuous water. The river flows out of a chain of lakes, meaning their will always be some flow, however the level does depend on the lake level.The site is under the road bridge in Okere falls village about 20 km from Rotorua on the highway to Tauranga, oppersite trout Pool Rd . It has about 35 permanent gates hanging and is good for all types of training from beginner to international and you can also recirculate around the pools or use the whole site for endurance loops. Due to the lake flow the water is warm all year round.the river trip is also great, check out some of the archived posts on the home page to see some photos, it has 3 large waterfalls and there are also plenty of lakes to paddle. There is a campground a short paddle from the course and plenty of accommodation in Rotorua.

Mangahoe Slalom site

The Mangahoe is NZL's first constructed site and it is New Zealand's premier race course. It is designed to be simular to Sao in Spain. However it is alot smaller, and has sharp rocks to cut and break you boat on. The course is 350m long and flows all year depeding on water.
The site is situated about 30min out of town from Palmerston North and 5min from shannon.
The Mangahoe has a permant set up of gates, which are adjustable, for height, and postition on the river.
Flows can fluctuate from 8cumecs to 20+ cumecs with around 15 being the optimal flow and a gradient of 6m over the 350m length course. It's permanent gate systemis ideal for training and during a normal summer the course has water flowing on a regular basis. Because the site is dam-controlled, flows are held constant, adding to the racing potential that it offers.