Rotorua's Julia Edward and rowing partner Sophie MacKenzie have picked up a silver medal at the second world cup regatta of the year in Italy.
The New Zealand rowing team picked up a haul of medals at the weekend, winning four gold, one silver and a bronze medal.
The New Zealand lightweight women's double sculls combination of Edward and MacKenzie - who won gold at the world champs last year - got their bowball in front of Great Britain going through the halfway point of their A final.
However, the British duo rebounded making the final five strokes of the race count. The European champions Katherine Copeland and Charlotte Taylor just snatched the gold in a time of 6:53.78, less than half a second in front of the Kiwis, with Germany finishing third.
New Zealand had 10 crews feature in the A finals at the weekend.