Welcome to TVK Water Sports
Our aim at TVK Water Sports is to provide a premium and exceptional experience to tourists. TVK aims to foster a strong bond with its guests, allowing them to connect with both the TVK team and the surrounding environment.
Meet your instructors
This Island is our home. We are custodians to the land and the sea. Treat her with respect, nurture and coexist with her and her inhabitants and she will share all there is to offer, and we in turn with you. Let us share a small piece of our paradise with you and let us introduce you to the open sea. Our TVK experience is incredibly unique, a tonne of fun, and showcases what we, our environment and our product has to offer.
Tamarua (Ryan) Nicholas
After some time playing rugby and gaining my degree in Otago, me and my wife Sara decided to move to Japan where I played professional rugby for another 13 years. I wasn't able to spend much time in Raro during this time so I’m really looking forward to working with my bro Marama whilst having fun out on the water. Rarotonga really is a special place and i'm looking forward to sharing that with my now 2 kids and you all.
Marama Nicholas
Husband to Liana and father to their three children.
After gaining my degree I applied myself to business and have been fortunate enough to travel, and work all around the world and experience a multitude of cultures, their people and food.
Moved back home to Rarotonga with my wife and children and absolutely love being back home with our warm tropical weather and having our Pacific Ocean on our doorstep.
After gaining my degree I applied myself to business and have been fortunate enough to travel, and work all around the world and experience a multitude of cultures, their people and food.
Moved back home to Rarotonga with my wife and children and absolutely love being back home with our warm tropical weather and having our Pacific Ocean on our doorstep.
Liana Nicholas
Wife to Marama and mother to their three children.
After gaining my degree, I worked overseas in travel and tourism and have a background in project management.
Moved back home to Rarotonga with my husband and children and absolutely love being back home with our warm tropical weather and being surrounded by family.
After gaining my degree, I worked overseas in travel and tourism and have a background in project management.
Moved back home to Rarotonga with my husband and children and absolutely love being back home with our warm tropical weather and being surrounded by family.
Experience who we are and where we are from
We along with our brothers have always been like peas in a pod. Our parents and our father 'Manavaroa' has installed a strong work ethic in us which has translated into everything we do, from family to cultivating the land to planting, fishing, training, playing sport and business. Our passion for our home, our custom, our environment, our people, the ocean and our connection to it all, is a part of who we are and what we would like to share through Te Vai Kokopu (TVK) Water Sports.