Below is the confirmed list of event from Canoe Racing New Zealand for the 2025/26 Season.
For more info on events see the Canoe Racing New Zealand Calendar of Events
Key Events for 2025:
- 2025 Aims Games Canoe Racing Event – 2nd September, Mt Maunganui
- 2025 New Zealand 10km Championships – 21st September, Lake Karapiro (Karapiro Kayak Club)
- 2025 New Zealand Ocean Ski National Championships – 4th October, Wellington (Kupe Canoe Club)
- 2025 New Zealand and Oceania Canoe Marathon Championships – 25th/26th October, Motueka (Nelson Surfski Club)
- Tikitapu Sprint Regatta 1 – 6th/7th December 2025, Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua (this will be a divisional event)
- Tikitapu Sprint Regatta 2 – 31st January/1st February, Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua
- 2026 NZ Secondary Schools Kayaking National Championship – Summer Tournament Week (between 21-29 March* 2026), Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua
*We are planning 21/22 March for the Secondary Schools event, aligned to be held prior to the Waka Ama School event again, but we cannot officially announce the dates until after NZ School Sport approve the calendar in October. - 2025 NZ Canoe Sprint National Championships** – 10th-12th April 2026
** 2026 Asia Pacific Cup is likely to be held alongside the National Sprint Championships next year, but we are just waiting for final confirmation from the AP committee. We will confirm this asap.
2025 Paddler Winter Series (July to September)
- 2 Aug- Auckland, North Shore Canoe Club
- 2 Aug- Gisborne, Poverty Bay Kayak Club
- 9 Aug- Taranaki, Waitara Kayak Club
- 10 Aug - Motueka , Nelson Surfski Club
- 16 Aug- Hawkes Bay, Hawkes Bay Kayak Racing Club
- 24 Aug- Foxton, Foxton Loop River Race
- 24 Aug- Cambridge, Karapiro Kayak Club
- 24 Aug - Christchurch Arawa Canoe Club
- 13 September – Auckland, Waitemata Canoe Club
- 14 September – Cambridge, Cambridge to Hamilton River Race
- 21 September – NZ 10km Champs, Lake Karapiro
Darcy Price NZ Ocean Ski Series 2025/26
- 4th October – Windy City Downwind/2025 NZ Ocean Ski National Championships, Wellington (Kupe Canoe Club)
- 11th October – Tawhiti Rahi Coastal Challenge, Tukukaka
- 6th December – Deepsouth Downwind, Queenstown
- 1st -31st January – Paddler Virtual Champs, anywhere in the world
- 7th February – James Moore-morial Race, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga
- 14th March - Queen & King of the Bay, Tasman
- 4th April – Heads2Harbour, Whakatane
- 9th May – Auckland King and Queen of the Bay, Takapuna, Auckland