New Zealand's youthful men's rowing eight will have an early test of their potential in Seattle next week.

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 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.

Watch live as schools compete for rowing supremacy in New Zealand.

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.

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.

Not owning any canoes or having regular access to water should be a major hurdle for a waka ama club to overcome.

Fast water on Amsterdam's Bosbaan helped the women's four beat the eight-year-old world-best time by more than 10 seconds in 6:14.36 at the world championships.

If imitation is indeed the best form of flattery, then New Zealand elite sport is in a good space. New Zealand's high performance sporting systems are catching the eye, with delegations from across the globe visiting this country to watch.