Lisa Carrington and her Kiwi kayakers have produced their best world champs performance.

Kayaking star Lisa Carrington has teamed with Caitlin Ryan for world championship gold.

Carrington is through to her third final at the canoe sprint world championships.

Dawson's love for what he does enables him to keep his chin up when times are tough.

Aimee Fisher has collected double gold at the under-23 canoe sprint world championships.

New Zealand's women's kayak coach Rene Olsen is leaving to join British Canoeing.

The cluster of top national athletes in Cambridge is soon to grow.

Lisa Carrington is considering tackling three disciplines at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

New Zealand's paddlers win four medals at the second World Cup of the season.

It gives them an outstanding haul of four at the World Cup canoeing regatta in Portugal.

Olympic medallist Luuka Jones is enjoying a double challenge for Tokyo 2020.

Women's fours will be the focus at the World Cup canoeing regatta.

New Zealand are sending eight women paddlers to World Cup regattas this year.

Lisa Carrington is spreading her racing wings on this year's European campaign.

Extreme kayaker Ryan Lucas opens up about the ordeal that nearly cost him his life.

Doctors can't explain how extreme kayaker Ryan Lucas survived being trapped underwater for more than three minutes at a remote waterfall in the Kaimanawa Forest Park. Lucas can - his expedition partner, Mike Roy.

Explore The River People, an exclusive Herald video presentation.

In March 2015, Louise Hull, one of the country’s most renowned whitewater kayakers, went under in the rapids of the Kaituna River and never came up. This is the story of her death but it is also a story of renewal, as those closest to her keep her memory alive by celebrating her sense of adventure.

Organisers of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast race have teamed up with a global environment group to ensure the iconic event leaves no trace upon the spectacular South Island countryside it traverses.

Australian Jess Fox will lead a procession of world-class canoe slalom paddlers at this weekend's Oceania championships in Auckland. The

Australian Jess Fox will lead a procession of world-class canoe slalom paddlers at this weekend's Oceania championships in Auckland.

Lynn Paterson has been paddling for 130 days around the coast of New Zealand.

Lynn Paterson's dream of paddling 5500 kilometres around New Zealand's coast is almost a reality The 54-year-old Auckland kayaker

Aimee Spicer had been waiting for an engagement ring for three years - but when she was finally given one, it wasn't what she expected.

Triple Olympic medallist Lisa Carrington has been awarded the Lonsdale Cup for 2016 after a year of stellar performances on the water.

A decision on whether the Department of Conservation will allow the Waitaha River power scheme will be made by mid-2017.

Submissions from all over New Zealand have poured in opposing Westpower's Waitaha River power scheme, forcing a four-day hearing in Hokitika next week.

Luuka Jones waited four long days, ironically until her least favoured event, before climbing to the top of the podium at the Whitewater XL kayaking event in Auckland.

Man suffers leg and arm injuries in machete attack.

Dawson began the expedition with an open but wary mind. He exited his journey convinced the area is subject to misconceptions.