On The Up

‘It never defined me’: Para paddler aiming for world podium in Singapore

'Leon has just overcome adversity after adversity. He has never given up.'

On The Up: Lights out, appliances off – the restaurant deliberately turning off its power

'My mother and my father fed seven kids day in, day out, cooking on a fire.'

'It sits a little uncomfortably': How a cop became the first in NZ to hold two royal bravery awards

'We were doing what any of our colleagues would have done.'

On The Up: 'Big underdog mentality' – young Kiwi sailor's road to racing with Team NZ

Serena Woodall will sail alongside Erica Dawson, Jake Pye and Josh Armit for Team NZ.

On The Up: A plan to bring light to people's days – linemen off to international competition in Kansas

'We came up with the idea: how cool would it be to enter a team from New Zealand?'

On The Up: Sweet and really smooth – judges hunt for best-tasting tap water

The winner will claim a year of bragging rights and a transtasman showdown.

On The Up: Italian scout slides into Kiwi artist's DMs with surprise invite

The 'originality' of his 'tragic' Marilyn Monroe interpretation caught their attention.

On The Up: ‘Genuinely one of a kind’ – meet Pak’nSave’s oldest worker

'I walk every day, I talk to people and I feel useful. That matters.'