E matapaetia ana e te Waka Kotahi, ka tūwhera anō te huarahi matua e hono atu ai te taone o Opotiki ki Turanganui a Kiwa hei āpōpō, whai muri i te horonga whenua nui ki Waioweka i tērā wiki.
Hei tā tētahi o ngā kaiwhakahaere o Waka Kotahi, tā Rob Campbell, nō te rā nei tau atu ai tētahi waka topatopa ki te whakapaipai haere i te huarahi, nō reira, e whakapono ana ia ā kōkō ake nei wātea katoa ai te huarahi.