CRNZ would like to congratulate the following athletes who have been selected to the Asia Pacific Sprint Team List.

New Zealand international kayaker Alicia Hoskin is among the cream of the country’s emerging paddling talent. Here the 21-year-old 2019 World Championships K2 500m A finalist talks about the crucial role the AIMS Games played in her career development.

Taris Harker was crowned ‘New Zealand’s fastest paddler’ as he edged an exhilarating open men’s K1 200m final to provide a rousing climax to the final day of action at the 2021 NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro.

Just ten months after he first sat in a kayak, Corbin Hart completed the first chapter of his inspirational journey by qualifying a New Zealand boat in the KL3 200m for the Tokyo Paralympics in Szeged, Hungary today.

Olympic-bound Kurtis Imrie backed up his success on the opening day of the NCZT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro to provide the highlight of the Saturday programme today courtesy an emphatic victory in the open men’s K1 500m.

Tokyo-bound paddlers Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie enjoyed a day of perfect preparation in their Olympic quest by starring as the headline performers on day one of the NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at a sun-drenched Lake Karapiro.

Para canoeist Corbin Hart produced a superlative display on his international debut to advance to the A final of the KL3 200m at the ICF Canoe-Kayak Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Szeged, Hungary today (Thursday) and barring an unforeseen disaster the rookie Kiwi is poised to qualify a New Zealand boat for the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Competing in just the third regatta of his career, Corbin Hart will take to the water tonight at the ICF Canoe-Kayak Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Szeged seeking to secure a New Zealand qualification spot at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

The eagerly anticipated NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships will get underway at Lake Karapiro on Friday (May 14) as competitors chase the prestige of national honours in the sport’s premier domestic event.

Ahead of the 2021 NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro we put the spotlight on Ethan Moore – a recent invitee to the men’s national kayak squad.

The Kahawai tagline of kia kaha i te wai – be strong in the water – was perfectly exemplified by all the paddlers who competed in challenging conditions at the inaugural Kahawai Paddling Championships in Tāmaki Makaurau on Saturday.

The inaugural Kahawai Paddling Champs – a brand new Canoe Racing NZ initiative designed to help develop the next generation of paddlers – is set to launch tomorrow (Saturday May 8) on Auckland’s Takapuna Beach.