Kayaking

University of Otago medical student Ella Nicholas finished third at the New Zealand kayaking open on Sunday.

A sea kayak is the perfect craft from which to explore our beautiful coastline and observe our rich marine life. Dunedin kayaker Maggie Oakley shares her favourite voyages close to the city.

New Zealand's top whitewater kayakers will have one eye on London as they head into this week's world championships in Slovakia.

And so it ends. The career of a sportsman whose intensity, frankness and capacity for introspection made him better known in New Zealand than for his world class deeds in a kayak.

Outspoken New Zealand kayaker Ben Fouhy is quitting the sport because of funding issues and the lack of autonomy over his career at the top level.

New Zealand women's pair Teneale Hatton and Lisa Carrington have become the first New Zealanders to qualify for an A final at the world flatwater kayaking championships in Poland.

From the depths of pain and immobility, former Olympian Finn O'Connor has returned to the boat and is showing he can more than hold his own.

In this accompanying photo Dunstan High School pupil Robert Hervey (16) performs an "air-screw'' manoeuvre on the Ottawa river in Canada where he is attending a freestyle kayaking camp with teenagers from around the world.

Ben Fouhy has won his battle to go solo and will now represent New Zealand at next month's kayaking world championships in Poland.

Olympics kayaking silver medallist Ben Fouhy has patched up his differences with Canoe Racing New Zealand (CRNZ) and will compete in this year's world championships in Poland.