Waka (part 1) arriving at opening of Rugby world cup 2011 - Aucklands Viaduct basin

[wineonthevine]

Kia Ora , and no ... thank you , Tēnā rāwā atu koe , and to the rest of the crews , go my thanks and best wishes, for making it a most wonderful event and opening. As a Zimbabwean and now a true blue Kiwi for last 15 years, it made me proud watching you paddle in with full voice, we are humbled by your efforts not the other way round. Ka pai kē , Tony

[shadowmindset]

kia ora thank you for this upload i am proud and honored to say i was in this fleet of 4 waka taua from tainui..the 2 middle waka from left to right names are Taatahiora which i was on then tahere tiki tiki our leader to the further right outside is tumanako and to our far left is rangatahi we could feel the hearts of many on us as we rowed down through the viaduct very humbling experience...hope we done aotearoa proud we enjoyed our time and we went home happy..