Events In History
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16 August 2008Evers-Swindell twins defend Olympic rowing title at BeijingFew expected identical twins Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell to successfully defend the double sculls title they had won in Athens in 2004. Read more...
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2 September 1972New Zealand’s rowing eight win gold in MunichIn 2008 the well-known sports writer Joseph Romanos chose the victory of the 1972 rowing eight as the best team performance by New Zealanders at an Olympic Games. Read more...
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29 January 1842Auckland's first Anniversary Day RegattaAnniversary Day commemorates the arrival of Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson in the Bay of Islands in 1840. Today Anniversary Day is best known for the huge annual regatta on Waitematā Harbour Read more...
Articles
Rowing in New Zealand
The 2010 World Rowing Championships was the third major international rowing event to be held at Lake Karapiro in Waikato. Find out about earlier events and other fascinating stories from New Zealand's rich rowing past.
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Page 2 – From transport to sport
The origins of rowing and how it was introduced in New Zealand
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Page 3 – The world professional sculling title
In the late nineteenth century, challenges for the world professional sculling title were among the most hyped (and gambled on) contests in the English-speaking world
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Page 4 – The world comes to Karapiro
Lake Karapiro's potential to become the best rowing venue in a country with few straight sheltered courses was soon recognised and it hosted the 1950 Empire Games and the 1978
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Page 5 – The 2010 world champs
In 2010 the world rowing championships returned to Lake Karapiro. For the first time the regatta ran over two weekends and featured a separate opening ceremony and four days of
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Page 6 – Olympic medalists
Olympic rowing medals won by New Zealanders 1920-2012
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Page 7 – World Championship medallists
List of New Zealand Rowing World Championship medallists
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Page 8 – Further information
Books and links relating to New Zealand rowing
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Main image: William Webb and Dick Hegglun
Veteran rowers William Webb and Dick Hegglun at Karapiro during the 1950 Empire Games.
