Being Me: Rachel Māia

Rachel Māia lives in constant pain, considering amputating her leg to reach new heights.

Being Me: Cody Steps Up

Tetraplegia hasn’t stopped wheelchair rugby star Cody Everson from stepping up to adulthood. He owns...

Tracking Towards Tokyo

Townsville, Australia is home to the 2019 Oceania Champs. This is the last chance for seven Kiwi par...

Jono Brownjohn: Raising the Bar

Jono Brownjohn has more power in one leg than many track athletes with two. He wants gold at the Par...

The Rise of Mary Fisher

Mary Fisher lost what little vision she had during her teens. As her eyesight deteriorate, her swimm...

What's Your Possibility? Rebecca Dubber

Rebecca is an accomplished Paralympian swimmer, with 4 medals over her career. Shakti and Rebecca ta...

Love Is Blind: Tim & Helen

Tim was a professional athlete with the Wheel Blacks and didn't want a girlfriend. But when Helen he...

Tupou's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Tupou Seini Neiufi was hit by a car when she was just two years old. Brain injury and hemiplegia mea...

Nikita Howarth

Nikita Howarth is a Para swimmer aiming to compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, c...

Gareth Lynch

Gareth Lynch is a Wheelchair rugby player as part of New Zealand’s Wheel Blacks. Four years ago, Lyn...

Ben Tuimaseve

Ben Tuimaseve is a Para athlete that competes in Para athletics, with a focus on shot put. Tuimaseve...

Lisa Adams - Para athlete

Lisa Adams' life hasn't always been easy, but athletics is providing an opportunity for a change of ...

Paralympic Highlights Day 01

Day one of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics sees our athletes in the pool, on the cycling velodrome and on...

Anna Grimaldi

Sport has always been Anna's great equaliser. Defending her gold from Rio brings pressure but she's ...

Tupou Neiufi

Topou Neiufi found swimming as a 10yo and finds an immense amount of joy in representing New Zealand...

Ben Tuimaseve

Benza Tuimaseve always thought he'd be a musician, but when he found sport, it opened his mind to be...

Barney Koneferenisi

Sport is Barney's life. Playing at a high level and representing NZ at the Paralympics, he is living...

Nicole Murray

Self belief plays a big part in Nicole's story, she just knew she had to get a little more creative....

Mike Todd

Mike calls himself the accidental sportsman, playing more sport post 30 he did in the first 30 years...

Jesse Reynolds

A Paralympian from Rio, Jesse Reynolds wants to sing the New Zealand Anthem in front of as many peop...

Holly Robinson

World record holder and silver medalist from Rio, Holly has a burning desire to take gold in Tokyo.

Danielle Aitchison

Danielle dreams big knowing that even if she doesn't hit her dream, at least she'll fall in the clou...

William Stedman

A duel athlete, William puts his heart and believes you learn more from a loss than a win, a motto t...

Steve Hills

Steve knew he'd found his path when he started cycling. Representing NZ in his second Paralympics is...

Cody Everson

Cody Everson broke his neck playing rugby and thought his sporting days were over. Ten years on, he...

Caitlin Dore

Caitlin wanted to become a Paralympian from a very young age. Now heading to her second games she en...

Sophie Pascoe

Sophie thrives under the pressure as 'The Hunted' and is looking to add to her nine gold and five si...

Michael Johnson

Coming into his fifth Paralympic Games, Michael is looking to add to his Gold and two Bronze medals;...

Lisa Adams

Lisa Adams only took up shot put in 2018. A year later she had the world record. Coached by her sist...

Scott Martlew

Having wanted to take his canoe to Olympics, Scott redirected to the Paralympics after he lost his l...

Paula Tesoriero

NZ Chef de Mission introduces the kiwi Paralympic team competing in Tokyo 2020.

Anna Taylor

Sport has always anchored Anna, so having gone through cancer treatment and a spinal cord injury, th...

Wheel Blacks

The Wheel Blacks are on their way back to the Paralympic games for the first time since Beijing 2008...

Corbin Hart

Striving to better than the day before is a motto that has led Corbin to represent NZ just two years...

Nikita Howarth

Chase your dreams because they won't chase you. A motto that led Nikita to being New Zealand's young...

Anna Steven

Pulling on the Silver Fern is a special moment - every time; especially for Anna, performing on the ...

Paralympic Highlights Day 02

Powerhouse Sophoe Pascoe begins her gruelling campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with New ...

Paralympic Highlights Day 03

Yesterday saw New Zealand's first gold medal at Tokyo 2020 with Topou Neiufi winning the 100m backst...

Paralympic Highlights Day 04

Lisa Adams throws a new Paralympic record for gold, Danielle Aitchison qualifies for her sprint fina...

Paralympic Highlights Day 05

The single kiwi performance on day five ends in a silver medal with a superb performance on the trac...

Paralympic Highlights Day 06

Two medals came on Day 6, William Stedman secured silver in long jump T36 and Sophie Pascoe complete...

Eltje Malzbender

Much of Eltje's life has revolved around cycling, and following a hit-and-run accident, she's now a ...

Paralympic Highlights Day 08

Bronze in athletics for Danielle Aitchison, Rory Mead in the hand cycling, and a full swimming meet ...

Paralympic Highlights Day 10

The golden girls: Gold for Holly Robinson in the Javelin, and Anna Grimaldi in the long jump. Cyclin...

Paralympic Highlights Day 11

Scott Martlew chases glory on the water and Lisa Adams steps into the discus circle. Plus we have ar...

Paralympic Highlights Day 12

12 Days of competition, 12 medals. Our 29 para athletes showed us the power of the human spirit as t...

Being Me: Dillon Maydon

Dillon's life was altered at just eighteen when he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare ge...

Being Me: Danielle Aitchison

Danielle Aitchison was born with Cerebral Palsy. As a child she struggled to walk, but her family en...

Being Me: Devon Briggs

Para-athlete Devon Briggs was born with severe clubfeet, twisted backwards. The 18-year-old has end...

Being Me: Kiranjit Singh

Tetraplegic, Kiranjit Singh, is competing to qualify for the 2024 Paralympics in Para-sport shooting...

Bulletproof: Peter Cowan

Peter Cowan lost his right leg in a hit and run accident when he was a teenager. Now this champion o...

Bailley's Story: Flying high after devastating balcony collapse

Bailley Unahi’s young life changed forever when a balcony fell on her, but it didn’t stop her settin...

Ian's story: How I lost my legs and found freedom

Though things looked bleak after a deadly explosion, Ian Winson didn't let it dampen his determinati...

Team NZ back Paralympic yachting return

With Auckland being the #CityofSails and New Zealand dominating the sport in recent times, Attitude ...

Celebration Project

NZ has 209 Paralympians. An elite club when you consider there over 14,000 people have climbed Evere...

Life as a Paralympian: The Decision

Rebecca explains how she came to the decision to retire from her Para swimming career.

Life as a Paralympian: The Journey

Rebecca reflects on her career as a Paralympic swimmer.

Blog: Sport Can Make A Difference

Anna Steven is a member of the Halberg Youth Council.

Blog: Empowering Disabled Youth Through Sport

Jacob Phillips writes about the 2017 Halberg Junior Disability Games.

Paralympics Postponed

A statement from Paralympics New Zealand regarding the postponement of the Tokyo Paralympics 2020

One Year to Go: Tokyo 2021

Celebration of the New Zealand Paralympic Team supporters marks ‘1 year to go’ to the rescheduled To...

Mike Bishop on Para Sport

As Chair of Disability Sport Auckland (Parafed), CEO of Harbour Sport and a former professional cric...

Up and coming para athletes to benefit from new Para Sport Collective

A new initiative from Paralympics New Zealand launched today at the Millenium Institute on Auckland’...

Levelling The Playing Field!

Catriona Mcbean has 20 years of experience in sport management. Currently on the board of Paralympic...

The Ministry for change

Ever heard of the word Whaikaha? Tāngata Whaikaha translates as “people who are determined to do...