| NZ-IKW International Kayaking Week |
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NEW NEW NEW If you're coming, download a useful two-page PDF file 'IKW What-To-Bring and Helpfull-Info' . If you can't download or read it, let Sue know and she'll mail you a copy. The 1st NZ International Kayak Festival The weekdays following Coastbusters will be packed with Kayak events – celebrating the Hauraki Gulf and the kayaking opportunities in the Auckland area. Choices of day-trips, overnight-touring, competitions Connect the dots between the two weekend events – Coastbusters & NZKBGT – with a laid-back or full-on (you decide) 5 days of on & off-the-water fun. Kayakers from the South Island, Australia and further afield can now enjoy a 10-day long kayaking bonanza – to make travelling to Coastbusters even more worthwhile. Drop us an email if you want something special. |
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| IKW – Based around Martin’s Bay camp | |
thanks to Ruth Henderson for these photos and a number of the other photos on this page |
IKW main activity will be hosted at the Martin’s Bay campsite. This is a coastal camp (administered by the Rodney Council) and run by a couple who are keen to make our stay a memorable one. Campsites will be near the water’s edge. Bring your wheels though - for low tide. We would like to reserve the cabins for overseas people without camping gear. Evening meals will be communal – organised by the IKW committee – with one spit-roast organised by our hosts. An all-weather shelter provides seating for meals and off-the-water sessions on kayaking-related topics. We’re lining up some interesting ones. |
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Download IKW Details and Registration Form Martin’s Bay camp is ideally located – paddle destinations abound.
This list is just some of what’s available within – Kawau Island – superb coastline and beautiful walking trails, – Moturekareka & Motuketekete – magic ’secret’ islands – Motuora Island – overnight camping in a DoC bird sanctuary – Beehive & Rabbit Islands, Martello & Passage Rocks – superb & sheltered estuaries – Mahurangi & Matakana rivers, Click here for a high-resolution version of this chart (Use your browser’s back-arrow to return here) |
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Beehive Island Some days... we do have a little wind  |
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Martin’s Bay – 75 km from Auckland and easy driving distance: – to Warkworth (for beer, wine & other emergency supplies) – to Tauwharanui – for surfing – to Goat Island for the Marine Reserve Click here for a map relating Martins Bay to Auckland
Easy paddling distance from Sullivan’s Bay. We expect some will choose to paddle the 4 nm (8Km – 1.5 hour) up the coast from Sullivan’s Bay, after the close of Coastbusters on Sunday afternoon. Couples might chose to have one drive and the other paddle. (Use your browser’s back-arrow to return here) |
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Sandy beach on Kawau Island. Mansion House Bay 
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Historic Coppermine on Kawau Island. A tough day on the water 
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| IKW – Costs and Organisation | |
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IKW is a separate event from the Coastbusters weekend event and also from the NZKBGT event. A group of volunteer kayakers is organising the week and as the work has advanced, they’ve made a few changes. Details and a small registration form can be downloaded here (same form as at the top of this page – but note that it’s not the same as the Coastbusters registration form): Download IKW Details and Registration Form Campsites / Cabin accomodation and communal food has been organised along with a few non-kayaking diversions. Cost has been kept ’at cost’.
If you’re coming from afar – and need a kayak or transport or have any other questions, read the Overseas Visitors page and contact Sue at |
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Not to repeat all the downloadable info, but the Martin’s Bay organisation covers you from Sunday afternoon though to Thursday morning - when you can either ’stay put’ or make a plan with others to explore other local destinations - on your way south to the NZKBGT at the Rotorua Lakes.
Summer camping – Kiwi-style |
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| Hauraki Gulf Paddling | |
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Rangitoto’s volcanic coast and shipwreck
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Climbing Brown’s Island for lunch and a cooling 360° breeze
Admin Bay on Motutapu Island  |
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Typical island sandy beach
Check your right-of-way... QM-2 rules...
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Another crowded beach  |
Who’s for a feed of mussels ?  |
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Tranquility...
or a bit of rock gardening
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Pohutukawa on Kawaus’s wilder side
or as a perfect shade tree (yes, that’s a 3-man tent)  |
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Where next...
Rangi beckons...
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Auckland paddling (Google Map – area approx 160 x 110 Km) The Hauraki Gulf – bounded by the Auckland coastline and the Coromandel Peninsula to the SE, and protected by Great & Little Barrier Islands to the NE & N (from the open Pacific Ocean). Also visible is the huge Manukau Harbour – opening to the Tasman Sea to the West – and the even larger Kaipara Harbour to the NW. Few cities can have this much coastline ! |
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