Waka Races

Today, we walked to the riverbank to watch the Regatta waka races.

When we got to the riverbank, we sat down to watch the races. The water was sparkling and the crowd on the other side of the river was shading under tent tops. Some crews were getting into the waka to go up-river for their races.

Harrigan’s crew was racing next. We cheered for them. We were shouting as loudly as we could. We shouted, "GO, ST PAUL'S! GO, ST PAULS!’’ 

I had a big smile on my face. They were going as fast as they could.When they were going past, we called out, "GO ST PAULS! GO ST PAULS!’’ We were shouting as loudly as we could to make them paddle faster and faster to the finish line. The boys in the waka were paddling in the waka so they would win the race and make it to the finish line. We won.