Kawhia Boating and Angling Club secretary Linda Rowe said after the meeting there were 70 boats entered into the one-base competition. Previously fishing contest entrants parked vehicles and trailers on the grounds of the Maketu Marae, near the Kāwhia boat ramp, Walsh said. The arrangement was for the fishers to pass the hat around and give a sum to the marae committee. Tom Lee/Stuff Kawhia is a popular fishing spot, both at sea and inside the harbour. But a new marae committee set a $60 price per vehicle, which wasn’t taken up. Obtaining a park on the open ground immediately adjacent to the ramp means turning up before 6am, he said.