Organisation Overview

KASK was set up to promote and encourage the sport of sea kayaking, promote safety standards, develop techniques and equipment, deal with issues of coastal access and protection, organize a biennial sea kayaking forum and publish the New Zealand Sea Kayaker Newsletter.

The Sea Canoeist Newsletter was initiated by Graham Egarr in 1988, and he also organized the first national Sea Kayak Forum in 1989 at Mapua, near Nelson. After Graham’s death in 1991, the newsletter editorship passed on to Paul Caffyn. It has now been renamed as the New Zealand Sea Kayaker magazine and is a full-colour magazine produced six times a year in electronic format.

Associated Organisations

KASK: Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers

KASK is the national association for sea kayaking for New Zealand. You can join here. Full member benefits outlined here.

Meet Our Team

Steve Cooper

President

Caitlin

Committee Member

Dallas Veitch

Committee Member

Ian McKenzie

Committee Member

Shaun Maclaren

Committee Member

Steve Flack

Committee Member

Jacquie

Magazine

Steve Cooper (AKL)

Website

David Welch

Nelson/Tasman

Paula Renouf

Gisbourne/East Cape

Jay Howell

Northland

Mark Aspinall

Auckland Region

Peter Bennett

Wanganui/Taranaki

Steve Flack

Hawkes Bay

Steven Cooper

Canterbury region

Lucas Waterworth

Wellington Region

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Our Events

KASK run a weekend event at Waihi focusing on Surfing, if you are keen to get out in the surf and have fun then check out the details for the next event in the events section of the website.  A series of instructional videos are available here

KASK Kayak Fest 2025: Chart Your Course for Tahunanui!
When: February 13-16, 2025

Unleash Your Inner Kayaker at Tahunanui:
KASK Kayak Fest 2025 promises 3 days of unforgetable moments. Don’t miss out on this event.
Check out the events page for more details

Newsletter Signup

New Zealand Sea Kayaker Magazine

The Sea Canoeist Newsletter was initiated by Graham Egarr in 1988, who also organized the first national Sea Kayak Forum in 1989 at Mapua, near Nelson. After Graham’s death in 1991, the newsletter editorship passed on to Paul Caffyn. Jacquie James took over editorship of the magazine from issue 202.

For the complete archive of the magazines and for future publications, join KASK today.

December 2021 January 2022
Issue 215

October November 2021
Issue 214

August September 2021
Issue 213

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Join KASK As A Member

If you are not currently a member, this is the best time to join KASK.