Perhaps it is being a touch melodramatic but when Lauren Boyle steps on the starting blocks for the 400m and 800m freestyle at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Swimming New Zealand's future funding goes on the pool's black line.
A small bay in Northland could be filled in to create a boat ramp to accommodate the number of boats launched off the beach over a few weeks in summer.
A whale has knocked out a surfer by tossing him into the air with its tail in a bizarre incident at Bondi Beach.
Cindy McQuade chooses the latter and finds a hot spot on the outskirts of Tauranga.
Luis Villanueva preaches a simple message and it's one he hopes will resonate clearly with New Zealand's leading swimmers.
Michael Phelps is planning a comeback to swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to a well-placed US source.
Free entry is being blamed for overcrowding so bad that disappointed swimmers are being turned away from Auckland pools.
Australia's biggest two Olympic sports, swimming and athletics, have had their annual high-performance funding cut by the federal Government.
The 2012-13 State Ocean Swim Series, which offered the richest swimming prize in New Zealand history, came to a dramatic finish last weekend with Aussies Ky Hurst and Melissa Gorman sweeping the titles.
New Zealand's best open water swimmers are philosophical after conceding the recent State New Zealand Ocean Swim series to Australians, but still have much to look forward to in 2013.
Two Australians have taken out the State Ocean Swim Series with contrasting victories in the final round on Auckland's North Shore.
The King of the Bays ocean swim marks a decade on the water and today more than 1000 people are taking part.
Danielle Wright meets young ocean swimmers competing in the 10th King of the Bays event at Takapuna Beach.
Danielle Wright takes a sneak peek under water in a glass-bottom boat at New Zealand's first marine reserve, at Leigh.
New national swimming bosses believe the key athletes have produced encouraging performances at the State New Zealand Open Championships that finished in Auckland last night.