Holly Robinson has been selected to lead the New Zealand Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team into the Maracana Stadium tomorrow. The announcement

Here are 5 Kiwi athletes to watch at Rio Paralympics.

Fingers are crossed that all will be well when the paralympic games open in rio tomorrow (nzt).

Countries arriving in Rio for the Paralympics have been forced to clean "grimy" apartments in the Athletes Village and arrange their own transportation during the Games.

For most athletes, an Olympic career might last 12 years. For Libby Kosmala, it's more like 44.

Vogue Brazil has been slammed for using Photoshop trickery on their paralympic models in a controversial editorial.

NZ will still send a full team to compete at the Paralympic Games despite news of countries missing out because of a lack of money for the event.

The systemic Russian doping scandal is not deterring two of the country's Paralympic champions from defending their titles at Rio.

New Zealand has rounded out its team for the Rio Paralympics with the selection of two further para-athletes.

The former SAS corporal, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in 2007, is once again lending his patronage to the Kiwi military paralympic team.

See how our Kiwi athletes are doing at Rio The Paralympic Games start on Sept 8. To find out how the Kiwis rank against the rest

A new song to mark today's Day of People with Disability also aims to give our Paralympians a rousing anthem for next year's Rio games.

German long jumper Markus Rehm, who wants to compete against able-bodied athletes, took gold at the World Paralympics Championships yesterday.

Paralympics NZ will today launch its awareness and fundraising initiative, Spirit of Gold, at a public event. David Leggat reports.

The progression of paralympic athletes into the mainstream sporting coverage is a key aim of chef de mission Ben Lucas in the countdown to Rio.

New Zealand's high performance sports boss Alex Baumann accepts assessing para athletes' potential is hard. But he likes what he's seeing.

High Performance Sport New Zealand boss Alex Baumann has spoken of the good work of the administrators in unearthing the future stars.

Michael Johnson is a world champion air rifle shooter, a Paralympic gold medallist and ranked No 1 and 2 in the world in his disciplines.

NZ Paralympic hero Adam Hall's year is off to a bright start after he bagged six medals, including four golds and World Cup silver and bronze.

Growing self-belief drives disabled skier to lift his sights higher.

If imitation is indeed the best form of flattery, then New Zealand elite sport is in a good space. New Zealand's high performance sporting systems are catching the eye, with delegations from across the globe visiting this country to watch.

Disabled athlete Daniel Holt had only just found his sporting niche in the swimming pool when it was ripped away from him.

Corey Peters was ‘’pretty blown away’’ after winning a Paralympic silver medal in Sochi, Russia yesterday.