"If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal."
Rob de Castella
This is the fibreglass waka being road tested in advance of the forthcoming Waitangi Day celebrations. The other waka, not shown here, is made of swamp kauri and constructed the traditional way.