The New Zealand rowing team have had a superb outing at the World Cup event in Italy, with another golden haul of medals.

Zoe Stevenson is in a club of three at this weekend's World Cup regatta in Italy.

George Bridgewater has completed the maiden step towards the Olympics with selection in this season's national quadruple sculls crew alongside John Storey, Jade Uru and Karl Manson.

Other eights have tried, but come up short; this time with extra funding in place, Rowing New Zealand, tied in with their ambition to be present on the start line in Rio next year in all 14 disciplines, are adopting a no-stone-unturned approach.

Dealing with Brazilian real estate companies and literally testing the waters are among steps being taken by Rowing New Zealand to achieve their Olympic ambitions next year in Rio de Janeiro.

The significance of the O'Connors' success is not so much in their victory. The pair exemplify how education and sport can still intertwine.

A St Bede’s Board of Trustees member has quit in the wake of a rowing controversy involving two pupils.

Two fathers who took legal action their sons were barred from a national rowing competition have dropped the case.

Christchurch school St Bede's says it has hired Brendon McCullum's lawyer and will support students and staff in the wake of the airport carousel ride fiasco.

Two high school rowers whose parents sought an injunction against their school to allow them to compete in the Maadi Cup regatta have missed out on national trials.

The St Bede's College rowing row will be settled out of court, one of the boy's parents said today.

The Canterbury school at the centre of a controversy around two pupils who were banned from rowing at the Maadi Cup says the board of trustees supports the ban.

Former Olympic rower Rob Hamill backs the two St Bede's College students at centre of legal storm as head teachers fear ruling sets "dangerous precedent".

Two boys who were banned from competing in the Maadi Cup rowing regatta after riding on the baggage carousel at Auckland Airport were egged on by their teammates.

Rowing legend Sir Don Rowlands has passed away.

Out-of-control athletes and supporters forced a bar to close and police to shut down a party of 200 after the NZ Rowing Championships in Twizel at the weekend.

Two top coaches have been expelled from the rowing national championships after being involved in a heated exchange with officials.

Mahe Drysdale was out to make an early impression at the New Zealand rowing championships yesterday, winning his heat in the men's premier single sculls.

The sustained success of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray extended to the supreme prize at the Halberg Awards.

The spectators were as hot as the competitors in the Cambridge Town Cup rowing regatta.