Three months of hard work is paying off for champion Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe, after she collected her second gold medal at the world IPC championships.

Canterbury swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won her second gold medal at the IPC world swimming championships in Montreal.

Two events, two gold medals; Mary Fisher is maintaining a rousing run of form at the IPC world swimming championships in Montreal.

Kiwi swimmer Lauren Boyle has capped off a remarkable two weeks of her career with another world class performance in Berlin today.

Lauren Boyle's three world championship bronze medals have been a lifeline for Swimming New Zealand.

Sophie Pascoe trains about 26 hours in six days a week, has won a bundle of gold medals at the highest level and is among the country's best-known sports women.

Lauren Boyle has become the first New Zealander in 19 years to earn a medal at a swimming world championships.

A Spaniard, an Australian and a Brit walk into Swimming New Zealand and one of the country's weakest sporting organisations claims a first medal at a long course world championships in 19 years.

Perhaps it is being a touch melodramatic but when Lauren Boyle steps on the starting blocks for the 400m and 800m freestyle at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Swimming New Zealand's future funding goes on the pool's black line.

A small bay in Northland could be filled in to create a boat ramp to accommodate the number of boats launched off the beach over a few weeks in summer.

A whale has knocked out a surfer by tossing him into the air with its tail in a bizarre incident at Bondi Beach.