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The Pinkies Are Back depicts a group of extraordinary women conquering and surviving breast cancer, setting up a dragon boat team, and working together to win a gold medal in a competition held in Auckland. It’s an ode to women on the water. There are breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams around the world, as it has become an established popular rehabilitation system - "Exercise is Medicine". They put all efforts into paddling, just as they fight for the silver lining of their life. Released in New Zealand cinemas on March 18, 2021, and globally distributed in 2022, the film continues to inspire people around the world and not only those who have been affected by breast cancer.

April 2023 has been the culmination of a long-held dream by our Team Captain to have enough Paddlers to form a BC team. Thus, Taranaki Pinks came in to being.

Pink Dragons are pleased to see the movie/documentary "The Pinkies Are Back" is now available on TVNZ OnDemand.

October is fast approaching and that means Breast Cancer Action month.

The new dragon boat paddling season kicked off early in November and the Pink Dragons are all set for some hard training ahead.  Some kept up their paddling enthusiasm throughout the winter wi

It’s been a busy season for the Pink Dragons team and ending on a high with us finally winning a gold medal at this year’s National Championships at Blue Lake Rotorua.  A number of new paddler

The Pink Dragons are really only at the start of the dragon boat season but training is well under way.

The 2011/2012 season got off to a great start with a regatta in November held by the Bay of Plenty Dragon Boat Club.  Despite the extremely windy day, the sun peeped out and there was lots of

It seemed like it had only just begun, then before they knew it the Pink Dragons were collecting their medals at the Nationals in Rotorua!  They have had a great year with many highs along the