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15 May 2013
Shooting team announced for top international event
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) is thrilled to announce their team for the IPC Shooting World Cup to be held in Great Britain from 1 – 4 July 2013. The event will take place at Stoke Mandeville – the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement .

The team will be lead by Paralympic Bronze medallist Michael Johnson. Michael has only just returned from Germany where he had an outstanding performance at the International Shooting Competition Hanover (ISCH) winning two Gold medals.

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15 May 2013
Bike team announced for top international Paracycling events
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) is thrilled to announce their team for the UCI Paracycling Road World Cup and Road World Championships to be held in Canada from 23 – 25 August and 29 August – 1 September 2013 respectively.

The 10 strong team is a mix of highly experienced cyclists joined by several young and developing athletes.

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14 May 2013
Athletes continue to perform… RESULTS WRAP
New Zealand Paralympic athlete have had a busy couple of months with a number of athletes competing nationally and internationally. These athletes range from medal winning Paralympians to new and developing athletes. They competed in shooting, cycling, swimming and wheelchair rugby events.

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14 May 2013
Your Paralympians - Autumn Highlights
Your Paralympic athletes have been busy training, competing and enjoying life. Read on to find out more about what seven of your Paralympians from London have been up to…

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14 May 2013
PNZ Classification Programme - May Update
Stay up to date with the happenings within the PNZ classification programme. Including athlete classifications, classifier education and other notable developments.

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13 May 2013
Boccia New Zealand looking for help
Boccia New Zealand are aiming for their high performance athletes to get back to the top and excel on the world stage. To do this they are looking for financial support. If you or someone you know can help them out click on the link below and get in touch with them.

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17 Apr 2013
Paralympics New Zealand announces Bike Performance Coach
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has secured the services of Paralympic cycling coach Jono Hailstone as Bike Performance Coach.

Hailstone, who most recently coached Fiona Southorn to an outstanding bronze medal performance at the London 2012 Paralymic Games, has had many successes as a cycling coach. In 2011 he was the New Zealand National Junior Road Cycling Coach. Under his tutelage his athletes achieved Junior World Championship placings and Australian National titles.

Jono Hailstone commenced his role in January 2013.

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8 Apr 2013
Mary Fisher (swimming) shortlisted for IPC Athlete of the Month
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its shortlist for March's Athlete of the Month award, and the public can now vote for the winner via the poll on www.paralympic.org 

This is your opportunity to get behind Mary Fisher from Wellington who been shortlisted. You now have until 12:00 (CEST) on 12 April to vote.

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28 Mar 2013
Paralympics New Zealand announces Head Swim Performance Coach for Rio 2016
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has secured the services of renowned Paralympic swim coach Jon Shaw as Head Swim Performance Coach through to the end of 2016 including the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Shaw, who has most recently led the University of the Sunshine Coast High Performance Paralympic Program as Head Coach, has coached athletes to Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Paralympic Games. Under his tutelage his athletes have won numerous medals in both Beijing and London.

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26 Mar 2013
PNZ to host Talent Identification Swim Camp
The PNZ Swimming Talent ID Camp will be held in Timaru on the 8th – 9th June 2013.

The swim camp is targeted towards disabled swimmers who are looking to join the PNZ Swimming Development Programme. The weekend will provide an opportunity for new swimmers to find out more about Paralympics New Zealand and for our coaches to observe swimmers in the water and provide feedback.

The camp is targeted at swimmers between 8–24 years of age, who can swim lengths confidently, and have an interest in getting involved at a competitive swimming level. However consideration will be given to anyone who is interested – regardless of age, ability, or potential goals.

For more information click the link below and to express an interest in attending, contact Hadleigh Pierson by emailing hpierson@paralympics.org.nz or by mobile 021 847 820.

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19 Mar 2013
Pascoe and Fisher Break World Records
Paralympians Sophie Pascoe and Mary Fisher set world records on the third morning of the New Zealand swimming championships in Auckland this morning.

The 20-year-old Pascoe, who has collected 10 medals at the Paralympic Games, clocked 29.21 seconds in the 50m butterfly, which broke her previous world record of 29.57s set at the Paralympics in London.

Her fellow London gold medallist Fisher, 20, from Wellington's Capital Club, was timed at 34.35s in the same event to break her own world record of 35.12 which she also set in London.

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19 Mar 2013
Talented Paralympian swim star rewarded with NZ Herald Future Stars award
Swimmer and Paralympian Mary Fisher, along with 5 other athletes have been announced as the six NZ Herald Future Stars for this year.

The winners receive $1500 training grants from the Herald and a product prize. The winners, their parents and coaches will be guests at an awards function next month.

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12 Mar 2013
Paratriathlon a Huge Success in Wellington
Interest, participation and profile in Paratriathlon continues to grow as does the quality of the elite athletes, as was evidenced at the Oceania and National Championships held in Wellington over the weekend.

The small Paratri entry list was given an extra boost with the inclusion of Paralympic swimming star Mary Fisher and former Paralympic track runner Kate Horan. Fisher competed at the London Games last year, winning 4 medals including gold and a world record in the pool while Horan won silver on the track in Beijing in 2008
 
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12 Mar 2013
Vote for the People’s Choice Swimming NZ winner!
The winners of the 2013 Swimming New Zealand Awards will be announced on the 23rd of March. A number of New Zealand Paralympians are up for awards and you can vote for the winner of the People's Choice Award. http://goo.gl/0EL1v  Voting closes on the 15th of March.

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8 Mar 2013
Bronze for Carl Murphy at Paralympic Test Event
The first of team New Zealand’s two Winter Paralympic test events went exceptionally well yesterday (7 March) with a solid performance by Wanaka adaptive snowboarder cross rider Carl Murphy, resulting in a bronze medal finish. The team is in Sochi, Russia competing on the courses which will be used for the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

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7 Mar 2013
New Zealand Athletes Prepare for Sochi 2014 - One year to go
The 2014 Paralympic Winter Games will take place in Sochi, Russia from 7 – 16 March 2014 and with only one year to go, New Zealand’s top adaptive snow sports athletes are fully focussed on their goals. Adaptive skier Adam Hall and para-snowboarder Carl Murphy have travelled to Sochi to compete at a Paralympic test event and take a first-hand look at some impressive new facilities.

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