Sponsors and supporters

Paddlers generally pay an annual membership fee to their club, which will provide team paddles, uniforms and so on. Each team pays an annual membership fee to Aoraki Dragons that gives them access to dragon boats to train in, at one or more of our venues (Owles Terrace, Lake Rua or Kaiapoi River).

These fees help Aoraki cover our running costs, such as site maintenance, insurances and equipment repair and life-cycle replacement. Our operations would not be possible without the following generous support, in some cases dating back to our formation in 2007 when we imported our first Dragon Boats.

Here are some of the financial supporters, donors and sponsors:

Items	Funder	Funded	Year	Month
Turn Buoys (self inflating, for 2km races), Aflex Technology (NZ) Ltd	KGF Kiwi Gaming Foundation	$7,250	2025
South Island Champs Medals from Custom Medals	AGT Aotearoa Gaming Trust		2025
Race HQ/First Aid printed marquee/ gazebo from Extreme Marquees Ltd	KGF Kiwi Gaming		2024
	Rata Foundation	$10,000	March 2018
New boats (part of)	Southern Community Trust (now AGT)	$10,000	2015	Oct

IRB Safety Boat, course set up boat and Umpire/Chase boat, Aluminium	Canterbury Community Trust	$10,000	2013	May
44 PFDs	Fonterra	$4,800	2012	April
6x Dragon Boats "to re-establish Dragon Boat racing as a viable sport in Canterbury".	Canterbury Community Trust	$30,000	2008	March
40 ft container with side door	Mainland Foundation	$4,000	2008	Sept

Aoraki Dragons is grateful for the support of Aotearoa Gaming Trust (incl Southern Trust), Rātā Foundation, Kiwi Gaming Trust (incl CERT) and others.