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After four medals in as many days for NZ, the big guns return to try and boost the tally in week two in Tokyo.

Six added to New Zealand's athletics team for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Tuesday, 25 May 2021 Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced six new members to its athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, including two debutants. Of the six, five of them are women and four have competed at a Games before. Returning for a third Paralympics is Holly Robinson, who won silver in the F46 javelin at Rio 2016. Robinson made her debut at the Games at London 2012. In March, Robinson became the first Para-athlete to win a medal in an open event at the New Zealand Track and Field Championships, when she...

With the Paralympics taking place immediately after, from August 24 to September 5, Lisa said the opportunity to be able to join her elder sister in Tokyo as a competitor made Thursday's announcement extra special. "This is my very first experience and I’ve only ever watched my sister before at the Olympics. But I’m excited for my sister and excited for myself," she told Stuff. Lisa Adams has been selected to compete at her first Paralympic Games. "I’m late to this sport, but when I started Tokyo was the dream and my sister, my coach, helped me turn that into a goal.

King’s College London Dr Anna Grimaldi has been awarded the Department of International Development’s inaugural Annual Teaching Award. The Department of International Develop has initiated a new annual teaching award to recognize excellence in teaching and the learning environment within the Department by early-career staff members. The annual Award offers a further mechanism by which students’ voice is able to recognize and support good teaching in the Department. The award was open to nominations until March 10 th, via an online form circulated by the Student Engagement team to underg...

Report from Athletics New Zealand History was made at the Capital Classic in Wellington today as Hamish Kerr snared the outright New Zealand men’s high jump record courtesy of a stunning world-leading outdoor leap of 2.31m. The 24-year-old Christchurch-based athlete has been knocking on the door of capturing the mark for himself – which he had jointly held with Glenn Howard at 2.30m – throughout a highly promising season. At both the Night of 5s meet in Auckland in December and Cooks Classic in Whanganui last month, he produced some tantalisingly close attempts at New Zealand record mar...