In near-perfect conditions on the last day of the championships, Carrington was pushed all the way by fellow New Zealand squad members Caitlin Ryan and Aimee Fisher but held them off to add the K1 500m crown to the K1 200m title she secured on Friday.
Carrington, the reigning world champion in both events, clocked 1 minute 48.23 seconds — a little under two seconds shy of the world-best time.
Ryan earned silver in 1:50.42 and Fisher was third in 1:52.54.
In the open men's 500m, Reiser produced a strong late surge to win the title in 1:43.37 — 0.58s clear of silver medallist Ferkins.
Hamish Legarth (Hawke's Bay) added 500m bronze to the 1000m bronze he earned on Saturday, holding off fellow national squad member Ben Duffy (Arawa) by 0.16s in a time of 1:44.24.
Poverty Bay's Sam Ferkins finished eighth in the final of the open men's 500m but in the afternoon he won the open men's five-kilometre race.
Candidate for race of the day came in the open women's K4 500m final. Britney Ford and Alex Bermingham of Poverty Bay combined with Brooklyn Saunders (Arawa) and Rebecca Cole (North Shore) to finish second, 0.03 of a second behind a North Shore crew whose winning time was 1:44.99.
In the women's under-16 division, Poverty Bay's Genna Robertson, in 2:15.44, took second place in the K1 500m behind Arawa paddler Madison Garrett, whose win completed a personal haul of five gold medals from the championships.
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* The Saturday K1 1000m victory for Zach Ferkins was one of the most emphatic performances of the regatta.
The 21-year-old New Zealand men's kayak squad member, established an early advantage and did not relinquish control, crossing the line in a time of 3:38.31.
In a race many expected to be a much closer affair, fellow squad members Ben Duffy (Arawa), in 3:44.83, and Hamish Legarth (Hawke's Bay), 3:45.87, grabbed the minor medals.
“I backed myself to paddle well today and I'm stoked to win,” Ferkins said.
“During the race I tried not to look around but I could see no one in my peripheral vision.
“With 200m to go I looked over my shoulder and it was, wow, oh my God, I'm so far ahead. I then just tried to hold it together and put in a little kick at the end.”
Also on Saturday afternoon, Poverty Bay paddler Alex Bermingham combined with Samalulu Clifton (North Shore) to win gold in the open women's K2 500m in a time of 1:57.67.
Elise Legarth and Rochelle Austin (North Shore) secured silver in 2:01.03, with Poverty Bay pair Britney Ford and Kim Thompson earning bronze in 2:02.51.
In the age groups, Poverty Bay's Angus Baker and Will Pittar joined with Thomas MacGibbon and Alex Hickman of the Arawa club to win the u18 men's K4 500m.
The Poverty Bay team of Stacey Warren-Moiser, Seren Rogers, Nicki Graham and Emma Brownlie were second in the u18 women's K4 500m.
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