Unbeaten duo Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have won the world rowing crew of the year award.
The award was handed out in Lithuania over the weekend.
It is the second time it has gone to the dominant New Zealand pair, who have not been beaten since 2009.
The unmatched winning streak by Murray and Bond just keeps getting longer.
This year it earned them the record of the most consecutive wins in the history of rowing, at 16.
Bond, who comes from the North End club in Dunedin, and still calls this his home club, first teamed with Murray in a two-person boat four years ago.
They have never been beaten, seeing off crews from 25 different countries over 44 races.
They bagged the world championship title in three years preceding the London Olympics last year, where they strolled to the gold medal.
The complete domination continued this year and they easily won the world championships in Korea in August.
The duo changed coaches this year, with Dick Tonks moving on to new challenges and new sweep coach Noel Donaldson taking over.
But a new coach did not seem to make much difference to the speedy pair, who show no sign of slowing down.
In the latest award, they beat Cuban sculler Angel Fournier Rodriguez, the Great Britain eight, the Croatian four and Czech sculler Ondrej Synek. Bond and Murray previously won the award in 2011.
