The men's lightweight four inched their bow ball in front by the halfway mark and went on to dominate securing a comfortable win and qualifying for the semifinals.
The last Kiwi events of the day were the much anticipated men's and women's eights both endeavouring to move one step closer to Olympic qualification. The women's eight finished second, executing a well timed race and moving from fourth early on to challenging the winning Canadian crew in the dying stages. Their second place ensures that they have booked their place in the A final with the chance to gain Olympic qualification by achieving a top five finish in the final.
The men's eight were right in the mix for the first half of the race but dropped off a little as the race progressed. After giving it everything the New Zealander's finished fourth and with just the heat winner Great Britain progressing to the final the kiwi eight will contest the repechage on Wednesday.
It will be a quiet day for New Zealand rowers tonight with just the men's four contesting a repechage.
The action will ramp up again the following day with the quarterfinals of the men's lightweight single, men's pair, men's and women's lightweight doubles, men's and women's single and repechages for the women's quad and men's eight.
The men's four will feature in the repechage tonight (8:55pm NZT).