International results for HPSNZ invested sports 18 May 2026

HPSNZ invests in more than 30 National Sporting Organisations to support their athletes to excel on the world stage.

This page provides a weekly summary of the results for those athletes in their international competition.

Updated every Monday.

Yachting – 49er and Nacra World Championship 2026. Quiberon, France	Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush – 49er, 1^st. Coach: Matt Stevens and Logan Dunning-Beck. Micah Wilkinson and Kate Stewart – Nacra17, 18^th. Coach: Anton Paz.
Yachting – Formula Kite World Championship 2026. Viana do Castelo, Portugal	Lukas Walton-Keim – 22^nd. Coach: Matthew Thomas.
Canoe Racing – ICF World Cup 2. Brandenburg, Germany	K1 500 – Aimee Fisher – 1^st. Coach: Emily Willock. KL3 200 – Finn Murphy – 2^nd. Coach: Emily Willock. Women’s K4 – 9^th A Final. Coach: Chris Mehak. Full results available https://results.imas-sport.com/app.html?filter_noc=ALL&competition=wettkampf_315&org=imashere.
Waka Ama – ICF Paracanoe World Cup. Brandenburg, Germany	Pete Cowan – 5^th in VL3 M 200 Final A (49.45s). Coach: Myka Nuku.
Cricket – White Ferns v England ODI Series. Cardiff	White Ferns drew the series 1–1 with England.
Beach Volleyball – BPT Challenge. Xiamen, China	Shaunna Polley and Olivia MacDonald – 17^th. Coach: Jason Lochhead.
Swimming – New Zealand Championships. Auckland, New Zealand	Lewis Clareburt – 400m IM (4:09.47) & 200m IM (1:57.65). Erika Fairweather – 400m Freestyle (4:01.42); 200m Freestyle (1:55.06); 1500m Freestyle (15:58.26). Full results available via Swimify – 2026 New Zealand Swimming Championships.