New Zealand swimmers delivered at the right time and are now well placed to press on to next year's Rio Paralympics after a strong performance at the IPC world championships.

You won't get New Zealand's best swimmer Lauren Boyle shouting the odds about herself any time soon.

Nearly three decades after breaking five world records in 28 hours, Philip Rush has no intention of slowing down.

The national body have made a late change to their 2016 Olympic qualification schedule which could jeopardise the Rio prospects of some nationally-ranked swimmers.

Wilrich Coetzee is preparing for a big month of top-class competitive swimming.

A major showdown looms at the State King of the Bays today, with six swimmers who have qualified for this year's World Championships set to dive into the surf at Takapuna.

It has been a coming of age week for Tauranga swimmer Nathan Capp at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Henderson.

Hundreds of swimmers will race in the King of the Bays event on Auckland's North Shore today, but one competitor has a special motivation for taking part.

Ten New Zealand swimmers have now qualified for the upcoming world championships after just two nights of the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.

Swimming NZ enjoyed an outstanding opening to the NZ Open Championships with 12 swimmers qualifying for world champs.

A top coach made redundant from Swimming New Zealand after a poor performance at the Commonwealth Games has lost his claim of unjustifiable dismissal.

Olympic rowing champion Joseph Sullivan will be among 1,600 competitors taking part in the King of the Bays event at Takapuna Beach on April 18.

Dresden is a city in the east of Germany. It will be at the forefront of Nathan Brown's mind as he prepares to compete there at an international youth diving competition late next month.

A desperate plea by 15 bystanders for passing jetboats to rescue a 30-year-old struggling in the chilly waters of the Hokitika Gorge were ignored by the boaties.

Ocean swimming is all about confronting and overcoming difficult conditions, but for one competitor in next week's La Grande event in Akaroa, the challenge has been more acute.

Free water-skills lessons for Auckland children are being offered with a catch: a parent or caregiver must be in the pool with the child during each of the five sessions.

A fisherman who was swept 200m out to sea after he slipped and his waders filled up with water, had a lucky escape, says a man who helped get him on to dry land.

Shark cage divers and parasailers should be safer under new voluntary guidelines for avoiding risks in the water tourism sector.