19+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1056+ words) Dave Crampton for Locker Room Phillippa Langrell is the best Kiwi female swimmer you've never heard of. She is one of only a handful of New Zealand swimmers to finish in the top four at an Olympic Games, doing so…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (649+ words) Fordell Community Pool Society chairwoman Sarah Thompson says a fibreglass coating will give the pool 25 years of longevity. A major funding push to save the Fordell Community Pool is gathering pace. The 88-year-old facility in rural Whanganui was closed for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (502+ words) The head coach of Boxing NZ will not be travelling with the New Zealand team to the Commonwealth Games amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of bullying. Support staff selections were confirmed by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) today,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (266+ words) A leisure centre on Auckland's North Shore has been forced to close its pool ahead of schedule after a nighttime act of vandalism left the water contaminated with glass. Last Friday, a glass fire exit door at the Glenfield Pool…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (124+ words) A swimmer who was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after suffering a significant medical event at Dudley Park Aquatic Centre in Rangiora, north of Christchurch, has died. Emergency services were called about 12. 45pm yesterday after a report of an…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (36+ words) NZ Herald Open AI files to go public in test of investor appetite for top AI startups Lululemon NZ profit jumps 45% Eroad chair "part of solution, not problem, NZSA says...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1346+ words) Dave Crampton for Locker Room Thirteen Aquablacks have been named to represent New Zealand in swimming at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games starting July 23. The team " including nine women " is headlined by former world champions Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt. With…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (541+ words) Whanganui East Pool has survived yet another council vote and will open next summer. As part of consultation on Whanganui District Council's 2026-27 Annual Plan, the public was asked whether the facility should keep operating or take a one-season pause. The…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (564+ words) Rotorua pensioner Robyn Beers-Bekedam has had to adjust to a "new normal" after suffering a brain haemorrhage in June 2022. The life-altering brain bleed came "completely out of the blue" for the fit and healthy traveller, who had been touring the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (636+ words) Wellingtonians have been delighted this week after mother and calf humpback whales were spotted metres from passing commuters. A small pod of whales has been seen around the Wellington region and harbour over the last few days, yesterday surfacing alongside…...