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Twigg at odds with Rowing NZ
Emma Twigg is risking a piece of Olympic history for peace of mind.
Rowing NZ eager to take eights crews to Rio
Rowing New Zealand's plans for an eights programme is taking shape.
Rowing: Rowers on track for Rio
The fanfare should be loud and hearty as New Zealand's elite rowers arrive back in the coming weeks.
Double golden finish for Kiwi rowers
Victories for double scullers Fiona Bourke and Zoe Stevenson, and single sculler Emma Twigg capped off a superb world championship regatta for NZ's rowers.
Rowing: NZ pair snare gold
Start as you mean to go on; for lightweight women Julia Edward and Sophie MacKenzie it'd be hard to find a more appropriate motto.
Bond and Murray deliver again
Hamish Bond, Eric Murray and coxswain Caleb Shepherd have done their best to disprove the theory that coxed pair skiffs are merely 'water taxis' or 'lead sleds'.
It's academic as Twigg seeks gold
Expect Emma Twigg to be more driven than usual to win her first world rowing title when the championships start in Amsterdam tomorrow night.
Kiwi conquers the Pacific
After 60 days and 4000km of sometimes "horrendous" Pacific Ocean seas, two women have rowed from Los Angeles to Waikiki, Hawaii, and raised money for charities.
Rowing: No end in sight to unbeaten reign
They're not keeping count - at least that's what they say - but Eric Murray and Hamish Bond are showing no sign of relaxing their phenomenal grip on the coxless pair event.
Kiwi's drama on high seas
A New Zealand academic is living her own high-seas adventure tale, dodging flying fish and fending off squid during a 4000km row across the Pacific Ocean.
Rower winched to safety
A New Zealand resident has been rescued from the Pacific Ocean after the boat he was in began sinking during a 3800km rowing race.
Rowing: Brothers put sculls together for tilt at Games
It's been four years since Robbie and Karl Manson rowed together; now they have a chance to throw out a strong bid for Olympic Games selection in two years' time.
Rowing: Retiring Sullivan fired up about his new job
London Olympic rowing gold medallist Joseph Sullivan knows about dealing with heat, so it seems appropriate the 27-year-old, who has announced his retirement, will join the fire service.
Rowing: Trading in rat race after the Boat Race
Many might wilt at the prospect of an hour-long rowing erg at 5am on a fifth floor apartment balcony in Singapore, engulfed by saturating humidity and tortured by the thought of air-conditioned bliss two steps and a ranchslider pull away.
Rowing: RNZ need to find answers
As the country’s top rowers prepare to embark on their international season, several areas shape as pivotal to Rowing New Zealand’s position as our premier Olympic sport.
Multisport: fanatic rides through pain to join legendary tough guys
Kevin Pennell etched his name into the folklore of the Waihi Nugget Multisport Festival recently when he produced a superhuman effort because "he didn't want to let his team mates down".