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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.

Extreme kayaker's amazing survival

Doctors can't explain how extreme kayaker Ryan Lucas survived being trapped underwater for more than three minutes at a remote waterfall in the Kaimanawa Forest Park. Lucas can - his expedition partner, Mike Roy.

The River People

In March 2015, Louise Hull, one of the country’s most renowned whitewater kayakers, went under in the rapids of the Kaituna River and never came up. This is the story of her death but it is also a story of renewal, as those closest to her keep her memory alive by celebrating her sense of adventure.