How to win 34 kayaks and a trip to Tonga at Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show

by Mike Rose on 12 May 2010

One of the 34 kayaks to be won at the show Mike Rose

Visitors to this year's Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show in Auckland on May 13-16 will have the chance to win a huge selection of prizes including a $1000 kayak package every hour, a $7600 trip for two to Tonga and rides in one of the world's fastest jet boats!

A $1000 Viking kayak package will be drawn every hour from 12 noon until the show closes on each of the four days. Each package consists of a 3.2m Viking Nemo kayak, a De Luxe seat, a standard paddle and a Hutchwilco multi-fit buoyancy vest and has a total retail value of just under $1200!

May 13-16, ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland

Show starts this Thursday
more to see, do and win than ever!

The 2010 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show begins this Thursday and runs right through to next Sunday (May 13).

You won't want to miss it: there will be more great prizes than ever before, more fun activities for the whole family and more to see.

How to win a $1000 kayak...

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Take your Entry Ticket to all of the Stamping Booths marked on the bottom, get the right stamps, fill in your contact details and answer a simple question and take the completed Entry Ticket to the entry area in Hall 5.

How to improve your chances...

Here's a couple of great tips to improve your chances of winning one of these fabulous Viking Kayak packages:

# Tip 1: COME EARLY:
A kayak package is given away every hour from 12 noon until the show's close each day. Far fewer people come to the show on Thursday and Friday mornings than come on Saturday and Sunday. Get your entry in for the 12 noon or 1pm draws on these day and the chances it will be the lucky one are far greater!

# Tip 2: COME LATE:
Come to the show on one of the late nights (Thursday or Friday) and you'll get a FREE Bonus Card. Just complete your entry in the normal way, hand it to the attendant at the entry area and they'll hand you another entry, completely free. (Don't worry, you won't have to race around and collect the stamps again, we have already done this for you!).

More great stuff to win:

There's more great stuff to win, too:
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* A $7600 8-day trip to Vava'u in Tonga
* A ride in a 2000hp jet boat
* A trip in a new submarine
* A fishing and adventure holiday in Rotorua
* A flight in a Piper aeroplane
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More great stuff to see and do:

* Non-stop action in the Discover Boating Centre: baiting, filetting & cooking demos, dive displays, kayak fishing, soft baiting
* Have a go on the fishing simulator
* Catch top seafood expert Derek the Chef
* Visit the Fisherchick Haven
* Check out the hundreds of new boats, motors, electronics and accessories, many on show for the very first time!
* Visit the Hauraki Fishing Hall, buy anything & go in the draw to win a customised Shimano package worth $1000!
* Check out the Top Catch Ask the Experts seminars
* Take the waterski simulator challenge
* Get free advice (on everything boating or fishing) at Jeff's Forum

And there's plenty for the kids, too!

* KIds colouring competitions
* Kids fishing competitions
* A fishing simulator just for kids
* Fairground rides, including the Dodgems
* Lots of other full competitions, just for the little ones.

Want more information?

* Check out the Weekend Marine section in this Saturday's NZ Herald

* Look for the FREE Official Show Guide & Programme in Tuesday's Herald
* Visit our website: www.boatshow.co.nz.

Finally, some humour....

Sometimes fishing is glorious: productive, relaxing and fun. Sometimes, it's like this.

See you at the show!