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NZ Team Joins 500-Year Dragon Boat, Seeks China-NZ Exchange

6/21/2026

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The 2026 Duan Wu dragon-boat race in Guangdong welcomes international crews for the first time in its 500-year history.
A 32-person New Zealand team, “The Four Winds,” will race in the Diejiao Dragon Boat Drifting Race on June 20 after leaving on June 13.
Team leader Kensington hopes exchanges will lead to a memorandum of understanding letting Chinese paddlers race in New Zealand, citing a Maori mural at a Chinese temple park as ties.

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The 2026 Duan Wu dragon-boat race in Guangdong welcomes international crews for the first time in its 500-year history.
A 32-person New Zealand team, “The Four Winds,” will race in the Diejiao Dragon Boat Drifting Race on June 20 after leaving on June 13.
Team leader Kensington hopes exchanges will lead to a memorandum of understanding letting Chinese paddlers race in New Zealand, citing a Maori mural at a Chinese temple park as ties.