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EDITOR:Peter TownendPh: [09] 473 0036 Fax [09] 473 0794Email: pete@canoeandkayak.co.nzSUBEDITOR:Ruth E. HendersonPh: 021 298 8120Email: ruth@canoeandkayak.co.nzDESIGN & PRODUCTION:Breakthrough CommunicationsPO Box 108050 Symonds St,AucklandPh: [09] 303 3536 • Fax [09] 303 0086Email: kayak@graphics.co.nzWebsite: www.graphics.co.nzPUBLISHER:Kayak NZ Magazine is published six timesper year by Canoe & Kayak Ltd.7/28 Anvil Road, Silverdale, AucklandPRINTING: Brebner PrintDISTRIBUTION: IMDSUBSCRIPTIONS:New Zealand – 1 year 6 Issues = $30Overseas – 1 year 6 Issues = $50Payment to:Canoe and Kayak Ltd,7/28 Anvil Road, Silverdale, AucklandPh [09] 421 0662 • Fax [09] 421 0663Overseas subscribers can make payment viacredit card number on subscription form.CONTRIBUTORS: We welcome contributors’articles and photos.• Deadline for issue 34: 10 October 2005• Deadline for issue 35: 10 December 2005• Text should be submitted on disk oremailed as a Word text file.• Photos should be emailed or put on CD asa high resolution (300 dpi) jpg at full sizeaccompanied by captions. Prints shouldbe captioned on the reverse andnumbered and listed in text.• All care will be taken to safeguard andreturn material.• No responsibility is accepted forsubmitted material.• Material published in the magazine mustnot be reproduced without permission.• Refer to www.canoeandkayak.co.nz.NZ Kayak magazine ‘Contributors’Guidelines’ for more details.COPYRIGHT: The opinions expressed bycontributors and the information stated inadvertisements/articles are not necessarilyagreed by the editors or publisher of NewZealand Kayak Magazine.ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO:Ruth E. Hendersonruth@canoeandkayak.co.nzNew Zealand Kayak MagazineOur Land?From time to time you will have heard about privateland being closed off to the public and while thecurrent government pushes for more public accessto private land, I thought we should think about thishot topic.We are blessed with many beautiful areas aroundNZ, which we Kiwis have used for generations andnow believe to be ‘Our Land’. We may understandit to be Crown Land, or something to do with theQueen’s Chain, whatever that is or Council or DOCland. In fact we will often be using private land thatsome kind person has left open for us to enjoy.These assumptions are getting us in trouble and wewill continue to lose access to areas that our parentsand ourselves have enjoyed over the years and thatwe hoped our children and mokopuna would alsoenjoy in the future.The specific case, which has woken me up, concernsthe great area of the Waikato River known asFuljames or Ngaawaapurua. It has a world classsurfing wave produced by a drop and constrictionin the river. There are many excellent camping sites,natural hot springs and heaps of trout. Over the lastthree decades I have camped, played, paddled andswum with friends and family. My wife and I spentSubscribe a friend to the Kayak NZ MagazineSubscription Form• One year subscription, that’s 6 issues for $30, saving nearly$6 off the news-stand price, delivered free.Name:Email:Address:Phone:Card No:✄Cheque Visa MastercardSignature Expiry date:Send form to Kayak NZ Magazine. PO Box 100 493, NSMC, Auckland.Or phone [09] 421 0662 Fax [09] 421 0663email: pete@canoeandkayak.co.nzour honeymoon sitting around a camp fire onstar filled nights and swimming in the warmpools. Over the years I’ve told new paddlersand campers that it is Ngaawaapurua Trust landand thought no more of it. I have never rungor written to ask or to thank. I have just assumedthat for some reason it is my right.Well, as of last week, the area is locked downand no one can go there any more. It would beeasy to blame the last big group of drunken,defecating Uni students, but who am I to castthat stone as I have also failed in commondecency towards the land owners? It doesn’tmatter whether the owner, or the user, is Maorior Pakeha or just a Kiwi, the issue here, folks, ismanners. We must ask and thank those peoplewho are kind enough to let us use their land.Then we must respect the land andtheir wishes.Friends we have not seen for a while have justarrived, so I must go. Interesting that I first metthem 25 plus years ago on the banks of thebeautiful Waikato when, on someone else’sland, they introduced me to the love of my life.Peter TownendGreat Stuff Safety Flag• Very easy to remove• Simply plugs into a rod holder• If lost overboard it floats• Flexible plastic base and fibreglass shaftBeing seen has never been easierAvailable at all good Kayak storesIncludes Safety Flag & Rod Holderemail: greatstuff@woosh.co.nzISSUE THIRTYtwo • 2005 5