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Seventy teams from across New Zealand will head to Rotorua this March for the 2021 GODZone event. File photo. It piqued the interest of a group of Waikato farmers and a former Auckland rugby player 18 months ago, and they’ve been training since. Hailing from the Matamata-Piako District, Steve Borkin, Rose Carnachan, Kieran Landley and Ben Meyer say they are “more than ready” after the GODZone’s 2019 challenge was postponed due to Covid-19. “It’s been a long time coming,” Borkin told
Stuff. “We don’t really know what we’ve got ourselves into.” The team s private coach encourages training six days a week, including a 12-hour training session on the weekend.
The drone also records water temperature. The project has allowed the Bachelor of Environmental Planning student to return home, be part of an important international research project into problems freshwater lakes are facing globally and gain valuable experience. Worried she may be out of her depth working alongside the team of experienced scientists, Potiki, who grew up in Tūrangi and attended Tauhara College in Taupō, said everything had gone swimmingly. “They are all so nice, and we all bring different skills to the table. “You gain a lot from these sorts of hands-on experiences in each other s worlds and I hope it’s something I can continue in my career.”