Swimming
Swimming NZ CEO resigns
Swimming New Zealand chief executive Christian Renford has resigned but won't leave the role until after the Rio Olympics.
Paralympics swimming star beats own world record
Paralympics swimming star Sophie Pascoe has slashed more than a second off her own world record.. in the hundred metre butterfly. Audio
Gasson breaks butterfly record
North Shore swimmer Helena Gasson has broken a national record at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland.
Swimming the Pacific
Ben Lecomte aims to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo to San Francisco. En route he'll become a one man swimming laboratory, with scientists studying how his body… Audio, Gallery
DIY backyard swimming pool brainwave
While New York froze, Auckland sizzled - but not everyone made a beeline for the beach. Audio
Building the butterfly (stroke)
A fascination with the lives and achievements of early Australian women swimmers comes through in a solo play by Australian writer and actor Alice Mary Cooper. In her show Waves, which she's bringing… Audio
Clean Water Tour pushing to raise the bar on water quality
Campaigners are set to start a month-long road trip through the country in an bid to lift the minimum standard of fresh water from wadeable to swimmable. NIWA figures show that more than 60 percent of… Audio
Water safety could be taught differently
An Auckland swimming expert, who's part of an international taskforce developing a new approach to help prevent drownings, says water safety needs to be taught differently. Audio
New Zealander Kim Chambers made history
There have been some inspiring stories we ran this year. Audio
Midday Sports News for 11 December 2015
The New Zealand women's hockey team has won through to the semi-finals of the World League Final in Argentina after beating Great Britain 2-1 in their quarter-final. Audio
Kim Chambers on her record breaking shark-dodging swim
New Zealander, Kim Chambers charts her improbable path to becoming one of the world's most accomplished open water swimmers. After an injury to her leg, medical experts told her she had a one per cent… Video, Audio, Gallery
School Pool Crisis - Matt Claridge
Water Safety New Zealand is all to aware of the problem - and is working with schools to try and keep pools open. The chief executive is Matt Claridge Audio
School Pool Crisis - Tom Parsons
Schools are increasingly finding it hard to maintain swimming pools, and run swimming programmes. Three schools in Marlborough are appealing for funding to help keep their programmes going. And… Audio
Fa’amausili defends world title
The Auckland swimmer, Gabrielle Fa'amausili, has successfully defended her backstroke title at the World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Lauren Boyle steps up to save school pools
If it wasn't for a local school pool, New Zealand swimming legend Lauren Boyle may never have become a world champion. Audio
Top swimmer dives into pool campaign
Lauren Boyle is to front a campaign to save the nation's school swimming pools, with at least 130 pools estimated to be at risk of closure.
Ryan Pini ponders Rio Olympics swansong
Pacific swimming legend Ryan Pini is considering competing at one final Olympic Games in Brazil. Audio
NZ woman completes historic swim in San Francisco
A New Zealander's made history by becoming the first woman to swim almost 50 kilometres of shark-filled waters off the coast of San Francisco. Audio
Top NZ swimming coach was justifiably dismissed
A top swimming coach who lost his job after poor performances at the Commonwealth Games has now lost his legal fight over whether the dismissal was unjustified. Audio
NZ First makes fresh call for Government to fund school pools
New Zealand First has made a fresh call for the Government to fund school pools to ensure children leave school able to swim. Audio
