Hard-working marine antiques hit the water at Kawhia on New Year's Day for the annual racing whaleboats regatta, held since 1910.
The whaleboats date back to racing in Auckland in the 1880s, and four boats from that era still race in Kawhia alongside replicas of the five-oared craft.
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Kawhia's whaleboat regatta
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