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University Association to paddle in Hawaii

Student Association, Nga Tauira Maori (NTM), made it two in a row at The University of Auckland’s Great Waka Ama race on Saturday, earning an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii.The defending champions beat out six other student teams competing for the trip, where they will compete in the Queen Liliuokalani Canoe Race, Kona, Hawaii.

University Association to paddle in Hawaii

 

NTM, a student association, will race against other University's in the long distance race. The University course saw the teams paddle five kilometres from Takapuna Beach to Rangitoto Island, where four of the six team members ran a return eight kilometres to the summit, before paddling back to Takapuna Beach. Coming in a full six minutes before their nearest rivals, the Faculty of Law, NTM completed the course in one hour and 51 minutes. The Faculty of Engineering rounded out the top three, following Law by just 26 seconds.

 

After celebrating their win, NTM will now regroup and start training for the race of their lives in September.

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