• Always wear a PFD (Personal Flotation Device).
• Always carry adequate safety equipment, i.e. spare paddle, whistle, cellphone in a dry bag, flashlight, sprayskirt etc….
• Check on the weather, marine conditions and the tides.
• Match skill to conditions.
• Make sure that all bungs and hatch lids and spare paddle are attached properly to your canoe.
• Take your drinking water.
• Always tell someone where you are going and what time you will be finished.
• Wear suitable clothing to paddle in.
• Take care in populated areas.
• Never paddle alone.
• DO NOT use waka in shore/surf brake.
• Take a waka course from your local club or organisation to thouroughly familiare yourself with safe paddling techniques and seamanship.
• STORAGE - store out of direct sunlight.

To learn more, go to:

www.watersafety.org.nz

www.coastguard.org.nz

MAUI KANU
P.O. Box 9024, Springfield Height, Rotorua, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Tel: +64 7 348 8711 Mob: 027 205 5721
E-mail: enquiries@mauikanu.co.nz