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Have you checked out any of the waka races?
Thousands of spectators packed a sun drenched Lake Karāpiro on Sunday as the 2024 Waka Ama National Sprint Championships, the largest event of its type in the world, kicked off six days of paddle action.
When the Waikato Times arrived spectators were lined across the water, one pounding a drum, and cheering on the junior paddlers.
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Are there roads you don't like to drive on in the Waikato?
Once a year Jeff Penno removes drawing pins from a wall map pinpointing serious and fatal crashes his crews have attended, and starts again.
It’s a poignant reminder that not all our roads are up to the standard of the Waikato Expressway - which is so safe the Waikato road policing manager doesn’t need to deploy his team there regularly.
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