Kia ora and welcome to the home of Dragon Boating in Aotearoa - New Zealand.
In New Zealand, Dragon Boating is a multifaceted passtime and sport. It is the ultimate team sport in our humble opinion as no one person can move a Dragon Boat quickly without all the other people in their team working with them. And by the way a Dragon Boat team is made up of 22 people!!

From social paddling activities and Corporate team building events all the way through to elite level racing at regional ,national and international events, anyone can be part of this wonderfu sport.

Our NZ National Dragon Boat team, affectionately known as the Black Dragons, are regular medalists at the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships where much larger countries such as China, the USA, Cananda, Germany and Australia are also competing. As is the Kiwi way, we "punch well above our weight" at the international level.

The New Zealand Dragon Boat Association (NZDBA) also known as Dragon Boat NZ, is the "peak sporting body" and the National Sports Organisation (NSO) for our sport. We are associated with the national sporting bodies such as Sport NZ and we are also an affiliate of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) which governs the sport of Dragon Boat racing world-wide.

So if this is of interest to you then check out our NZDBA website here for more information about our sport.