Cambridge kayaker Nick Collier has qualified to represent New Zealand in the senior men’s kayak cross team and the U23 canoe slalom team at world cup and world championship events.
It has been a successful summer of racing for the fourth-year University of Waikato student, who took bronze in the kayak cross elite men’s open class at the Nujiang Wildwater International Open in January, achieving a podium finish at the competition for the second year running.
Collier, 21, also distinguished himself as the top U23 Oceania paddler at the 2025 Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Sydney from last month.
He is now training for this year’s national canoe slalom and kayak cross championships in Tekapo in April.
Cambridge kayaker Nick Collier takes a break from studying to train on the Waikato River near the low level bridge. Photo: Steph Bell-Jenkins.
