For top New Zealand athlete Eric Murray, Father's Day will be a chance to spend time with his son after nearly three months apart.
The Olympic gold medallist, who recently won two rowing World Championship golds in Amsterdam, was reunited with 3-year-old Zac when he returned to New Zealand on Wednesday.
Murray is among many men across the country who will celebrate being a dad tomorrow - but for him, the long separation will make the day all the more poignant. "Father's Day is something special for every father out there, and it's just cool to have a little boy to celebrate that with," he said.
Murray left the country on June 12 and travelled around Europe before the World Championships on the Bosbaan in Amsterdam late last month. He and teammate Hamish Bond won the men's coxed pair and the men's pair, making them the current world and Olympic champions.
Murray said for him, coming home meant getting to spend more time with his son. "I guess with rowing and other Olympic sports you have to be away from your family so much, which is one of the sacrifices you make.