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Ratified Swims by New Zealanders in Aotearoa and around the world
20 km + distance
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Source: NZ Marathon Swimming Federation (NZMSF), Long Swims Database & others


​AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Cook Strait - Te Moana-o-Raukawa - 23 km
20/11/1962: Barrie Devenport, 27, n-s, 11:20:00
07/02/1964: Keith Hancox, 25, n-s, 09:34:00 (new record)
12/01/1972: Perry Cameron, 30, s-n, 09:36:00
13/02/1977: John Coutts, 20, n-s, 09:25:00 (new record)
03/02/1978: Meda McKenzie, 15, n-s, 12:07:00 (first female NZ, record)
17/02/1978: Meda McKenzie, 15, s-n, 11:23:00 (new record female)
18/02/1978: John Coutts, 21, s-n, 06:46:00 (new record)
24/12/1978: Chris Hurdley, 30, n-s, 09:04:00
24/12/1978: Alan Christie, 28, n-s, 09:05:00
24/02/1979: Pat Benson, 22, n-s, 10:18:00
24/02/1980: Philip Rush, 16, n-s, 08:56:00
10/03/1980: Rhonda Smidt, 17, s-n. 08:56:00 (new record female)
24/03/1980: Belinda Shields, 18, s-n, 08:32:00 (new record female)
08/04/1980: Carolyn Wordsworth, 17. s-n, 07:15:00 (new record female)
14/02/1981: Kristine Carr, 21, s-n, 07:54:00
28/02/1981: Michael Quinlivan, 20, n-s, 07:58:00
14/03/1981: Elizabeth Horner, 15, s-n, 07:22:00
30/03/1981: Alan Vincent, 31, n-s, 08:21:00
10/05/1981: Elizabeth Horner, 15, n-s, 11:33:00
17/01/1982: Sheryl McLay, 21, s-n, 06:59:00 (new record female)
14/02/1982: Karen Bisley, 15, s-n, 06:46:00 (new record female)
21/02/1982: Wayne Jack, 14, n-s, 10:02:00
13/03/1984: Philip Rush, 20, n-s-n, 16:16:00 (first double crossing - record)
26/03/1984: Sandra Blewett, 34, n-s, 13:30:00
26/03/1984: Meda McKenzie, 21, n-s-n, 23:06:00 (first female double crossing - record)
29/03/1985: Scott Barry, 18. s-n, 07:51:00
29/03/1985: Karen Bisley, 19, n-s, 11:11:00 
01/05/1985: Donna Bouzaid, 22, n-s, 08:15:00
20/01/1986: Denise Anderson, 21, s-n, 05:04:00 (new record female)
30/03/1986: Helen Barrett, 16. s-n, 06:34:00
25/02/1987: Ingrid Greenslade, 15, n-s, 07:18:00
23/03/1987: Jeffrey Reid, 14, s-n, 07:10:00 (youngest male)
23/03/1987, Philip Rush, 23, s-n, 08:27:00
09/02/1988: Philip Rush, 24, s-n-s, 18:37:00 (second personal double crossing)
18/02/1989: Karen Doig, 15, s-n, 08:31:00
05/02/1994: Myra Williamson, 19, n-s, 08:01:00
26/03/1996: Jo Kane, 40, n-s, 10:52:00
08/02/1999: Thomas Pearson, 42, s-n, 10:52:00
06/03/2001: Grainne Moss Gunn, 31, n-s, 12:25:00
16/03/2001: Kate Johns, 14, n-s, 07:06:00 (youngest female) 
11/03/2003: Jeremy Gray. 21, n-s, 07:25:00
15/03/2004: Chris Hains, s-n, 07:24:00
25/03/2004: John Gatfield, 13, s-n, 08:08:00
04/03/2005: Cara Sibtsen, 17, s-n, 05:48:00
04/03/2005: Tania Hockings, 17, s-n, 05:48:00
10/03/2007: Daniel Kennedy, 45, s-n, 11:00:00
09/04/2007: Hana Wolzak, 46, s-n, 08:44:00
22/04/2007: Stephanie Bennington, n-s, 08:10:35
13/04/2008: Casey Glover, 21, n-s, 04:37:00 (new record) 
14/04/2008: Susan Freeland, 43, n-s, 11:09:00
18/02/2009: Andrew Rowan, 30, n-s, 07:29:08
20/03/2009: Pam Dickson, 55, n-s, 09:23:00
03/04/2009: Peter Cook, 39, n-s, 08:52:35
24/04/2011: Andrew O'Fee, 23, n-s, 07:08:00
12/04/2011: Emma Aitken, 23, n-s, 09:31:00
05/03/2012: Kimberly Chambers, 34, s-n, 08:26:00
18/02/2013: Jason Coombe, 42, n-s, 10:32:00
19/02/2013: Mark Krynen, 53, n-s, 12:32:00
22/03/2013: Daniel Abel, 37, s-n, 06:15:00
10/12/2013: Phillipa Wren, 26, s-n, 08:42:00
11/03/2014: Simon Olliver, 49, n-s, 08:36:00
16/12/2014: Anna Plunkett, 17, n-s, 07:43:45
23/01/2017: Steven Kennedy, 26, n-s, 08:45:32
24/02/2017: Caitlin O'Reilly, 12, n-s, 07:19:56 (youngest NZer) 
23/03/2017: Chloe Harris, 24, n-s, 07:17:00
08/02/2018: Paul Feltoe, 44, n-s, 09:04:11
11/02/2018: Royce Evans, 32, s-n, 06:13:48
01/12/2018: Breanna Ward, 21, n-s, 07:26:10
15/02/2019: Jonathan Ridler, 29, n-s, 06:22:01
03/03/2019: Samuel Muir-James, 33, 09:14:00
24/11/2020: Brett Richardson, 54, 10:20:32
03/03/2021: Raewyn Winsley, 51, 10:18:33
05/03/2021: Rebecca Hollingsworth, 32, 11:39:45
04/04/2021: Susan Sherwen, 60, 09:56:37
06/04/2021: Fraser Dunbar, 50, 09:46:03
20/05/2021: Liana Smith, 24, n-s, 06:59:24
13/12/2021: Corrina Connor, 39, n-s, 09:15:04
15/02/2022: Nicholas Shanks, s-n, 09:59:39
01/03/2023: Callum Eade, 50, 06:41:05
22/02/2024: David Edgar, 51, s-n, 08:47:44
5/02/2025: Ivan Polyntcev, 10:49:00 (s-n)

Foveaux Strait - Te Ara-a-Kiwa - 28.6 km
07/02/1963, John van Leeuwen, n-s, 13:36:00
1979 Mar 20, Meda McKenzie, F, 16 yrs, n-s, 14:00:00
24/03/1984, Belinda Shields, F, 22 yrs, 9 hrs 53 min, n-s, 9:53:00
13/02/1985, Michael Quinlivan, M, 23 yrs, n-s, 9:41:00 (first)
11/02/1988, Sandra Blewett, F, 37 yrs, n-s, 12:05:00
15/02/1989. Todd Utteridge, M, n-s, 8:40:00 new record overall
01/02/2016, Chloe Harris, F, 22 yrs, s-n, 8:30:00 new record overall
19/02/2017, Simon Olliver, M, 52 yrs, s-n, 8:53:00
07/02/2021, Caitlin O'Reilly, F, 16 yrs, s-n, 10:21:45
22/02/2021, Jonathan Ridler, M, 31 yrs, s-n, 7:52:14 - new record overall
10/02/2022, Liana Smith, F, 23 yrs, s-n, 6:19:00 - new record overall
10/02/2022, Camille Gulick, 33 yrs, s-n, 6:57:05
14/03/2022, Susan Sherwen, 60 yrs, s-n, 11:59:00
14/03/2022, Grainne Moss Gunn, F, 52 yrs, s-n, 12:27:00
01/04/2023, Corrina Connor, F, 40 yrs, n-s, 9:21:31

8/02/2025, David Edgar, s-n, 9:52:00  
15/02/2025, Samuel Muir-James, s-n, 08:20:00 IO - Philip Rush

Poor Knights - Northland
1978: Meda McKenzie, (27.8 km)
25/03/2018: Sarah Poplar, PK to Matapouri, 08:10:00 (22 km)
03/04/2022: Jonathan Ridler, Matapouri Bay to PK return, 13:20:00 double crossing - first (44 km)
03/04/2022: Kirsty Fisher, PK to Matapouri, 07:53:00 (22 km)

Circum-navigation Swim of Rangitoto Island
​16/02/2020: Susan Sherwen, 07:31:00, clockwise - IO - Roger Soulsby
16/02/2020: Duncan Kukard, 07:31:00, clockwise IO - Roger Soulsby
17/02/2024: Sanne Jacobsen, 05:35:52, anti-clockwise
13/09/2024: Ivan Polyntcev, 05:23:00, anti-clockwise (Coldest swim, Time record overall)
22/12/2024: Shazeel Saheb, 07:35:15, anti-clockwise
​22/12/2024: Duncan Kukard, 07:35:15, anti-clockwise
6/02/2025, Matt Hunt, 53, anti-clockwise, S/F - Gardiner's Gap, 6:08:00 IO - Jim West  
06/04/2025, Neven Fisher, awc, S/F Gardiner's Gap, 5:40:00 

Whangārei to Auckland (Tiritiri Mātangi) - 95.2 km
1971? Sandra Blewett, 44:00:00 
Information needed -  What we know - Sandra finished her swim at Tiritiri Mātangi in a time of 44 hours. What we are estimating - The allocated distance of 95.2 km is a straight-line distance on the basis of Sandra starting her swim at Whangārei Heads. If you have information on the exact spot where Sandra started her swim, please let us know.  We are also looking for the exact dates of the swim.
Lake Taupo (ō) 40.2 km
​30/01/1955: Margaret Sweeney, s-n, 13:29:00 (short course, 35 km, first)
30/01/1977: Patrick Cox, s-n, 12:54:00 
1977: Bill Rout, s-n, 11:31:00
25/02/1978: John Coutts, s-n, short course, 10:47:00 (35 km)
25/02/1978: Chris Hurdley, s-n,
short course, 10:47:00 (35 km)
25/02/1978: Sandra Blewett, s-n, short course, 10:47:00 (35 km)
25/02/1978: Patrick Benson, s-n, short course, 10:47:00 (35 km)
16/02/1980: Philip Rush, s-n, 12:52:00 
16/02/1980: John Coutts, s-n, 12:55:00 
16/02/1980: Carolyn Wordsworth, s-n, 14:08:00
16/02/1980: Rhonda Smidt, s-n, 15:18:00
08/03/1980: Belinda Shields, s-n, 15:58:00
1981: John Coutts, 11:39:00
12/02/1983: Sheryl McLay, 22, s-n, 11:58:00
1984: Karen Bisley, short course, 10:40:00 (35 km)

14/01/1985: Philip Rush, 21, n-s-n, 23:05:00 double crossing - first
10/03/1985: Philip Rush, 21, s-n, 10:14:58
27/02/1986: Sandra Blewett, 35, n-s-n, 33:21:00 double crossing - first female
14/01/1987: Ingrid Greenslade, 15, s-n, 11:52:00
20/03/1988: Stephen Rainbow, s-n, 11:42:00
15/03/1990: Kane Thompson, s-n, 11:13:58
08/02/2002: Trish Coley, s-n, 18:39:51
09/02/2002: Corry Decker, F, s-n, 13:19:25
01/2007: Blain Cox, s-n, short course, 16:01:00 (35 km)
24/02/2008: Jason Papps, 28, n-s, 12:38:10
01/03/2008: Anna Marshall, s-n, 11:26:00 
03/2009: Ben Campbell-MacDonald, s-n, 11:45:00
02/04/2010: Stephanie Bennington, 16, s-n, 11:54:00
02/03/2011: Pam Dickson, 56, s-n, 13:54:00
25/02/2013: Casey Glover, 26, s-n, 10:52:48
16/02/2014: Katrina Price, 40, s-n, 14:45:56
22/02/2015: Simon Olliver, 50, s-n, 14:50:00
21/03/2015: Heather Osborne, 51, s-n, 15:37:45
08/02/2016: Holly Cassin, s-n, 15:51:15
22/02/2016: Mike Cochrane, 34, s-n. 14:29:53
15/02/2017: Kim Sherwen, F, s-n, 12:31:00
26/02/2017: Samuel Muir-James, 31, s-n, 14:58:03
22/12/2017: Chloe Harris, 25, s-n, 13:49:00
20/01/2018: Hannah Drury, s-n, 14:19:00 
30/01/2018: Gabrielle Gunn, 61, s-n, 16:31:00
14/02/2018: Alice Sagar, 37, s-n, 12:35:00 
15/02/2018: Hayley Underwood, 43, s-n, 14:13:00
18/02/2018: Angela Moir, s-n, 15;38:08
06/03/2018: Vicky Tate. s-n. 15:04:00

27/01/2019: Alice Sagar, 38, Te Papa Bay to Waitahanui, 10:48:00 (30.1 km) - Su Dent / Philip Rush
27/01/2019: Mike Cochrane, 37, Te Papa Bay to Waitahanui, 10:48:00 (30.1 km) IO - Su Dent / Philip Rush
09/02/2019: Steve McKain, s-n, 49, 13:00:53
19/02/2019: Andrew Powell, 47, s-n, 16:30:00
27/02/2019: Bronwyn Copeland, s-n, 11:59:05
06/03/2019: Jacquelyn Schirmer, s-n, 15:18:00 
12/03/2019: David Edgar, 47, s-n, 14:59:00 
19/03/2019: Eliza Cummings, 23, n-s, 11:49:49
17/01/2020: Royce Evans, 34, s-n, 13:10:55
27/01/2020: Breanna Ward, 22, s-n, 14:09:03
27/01/2020: Rebecca Hollingsworth, 31, s-n, 14:09:03
11/02/2020: Tom Cunningham, s-n, 11:12:48
29/02/2020: Jonathan Ridler, 30, 2-n, 12:22:22
03/03/2020: Peter Cosseboom, 54, s-n, 13:08:53
08/03/2020: Susan Sherwen, 59, s-n, 14:40:00
27/01/2021: Quinn Boyle, s-n, 13:46:11
01/02/2021: Jeremy White. s-n, 14:31:16
13/02/2021: Neven Fisher, s-n, 14:05:32
07/02/2021: Paul Feltoe, 47, s-n, 12:45:00
14/03/2021: John Hancock, s-n, 14:05:05
01/04/2021: Grainne Moss Gunn, 51, s-n, 14:49:19, 
13/04/2021: Liana Smith, 24, s-n, 12:29:11

22/01/2022, Victoria Pinarello, s-n, 18:23:18
29/01/2022, Brian Gray, s-n, 13:51:16
15/02/2022, Dean Thomson, s-n, 16:01:15

01/03/2022, Claire Hobson, s-n, 14:22:00 
06/03/2022, Caitlin O'Reilly, 17, n-s-n, 28:02:00, double crossing
01/04/2022: Tate Pichon, Te Papa Bay to Waitahanui
10:32:00, (30.1 km)
01/04/2022: Joshua Vegar, Te Papa Bay to Waitahanui
10:49:44, (30.1 km)

02/04/2022, Rebecca Hollingsworth, 33, n-s-n, 27:48:00 double crossing
 03/03/2023: Mike Howard, s-n, 16:29:59
04/03/2023: Adriana Milne, s-n, 15:45:27
06/03/2023: Jan Harm Steenkamp, M, n-s, 14:02:03

31/01/2024: Ruth Marinosa Lopez, s-n, 16:20:27
13/02/2024: Corrina Connor, s-n, 12:57:03
14/02/2024: Tim Wilson, 16:44:28
09/03/2024: Nick Jensen, s-n, 13:03:24

13/03/2024: Clara McPhillips, s-n, 13:26:45
31/03/2024: Jackson Arlidge, s-n, 14:53:13
14/02/2025: 
Jan Harm Steenkamp (M), 28:44::00 (n-s-n) 
double crossing
25/03/2025: Ivan Polyntcev, 15:14:00 (s-n)
Source:  NZ Marathon Swimming Federation, Long Swims Database. 


Firth of Thames - Coromandel to Kawakawa Bay - 21 km
April 2022, Quinn Boyle, 5:56:00 (Samoa Events) e-w, IO - Roger Soulsby
Waikato River - 150 km
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22/23-02-2025, 150 km, Brian Gray, 30 hrs ​55 mins (Karapiro dam to Port Waikato)
Circum-swim of Waiheke Island 
26/03/2023: Brian Gray, Pending ratification, 13:44:32
Circum-swim of Motutapu Island - 17.9 km
31/01/2025: Sanne Jacobsen, 05:26:25 
Great Barrier Island to Auckland - 96 km
03/05/2023: Jonathan Ridler, 33:18:00
Lake Dunstan - ? km
26/02/2023: Fiona Fairbairn, n-s, 13:35:00
Lake Benmore
20/12/2023: Chloe Harris, n-s, 07:26:39
21/01/2024: Hannah Drury, n-s, 07:54:00
Lake Wānaka 
25/02/2023: Rebecca Hollingsworth, n-s, 14:19:00
Lake Rotoiti 
23/12/2022: Quinn Boyle, 15, double crossing, 28 km, 08:15:00 - IO Sheryl McLay



OVERSEAS SWIMS

EUROPE / ASIA / AFRICA

English Channel - 33 km one-way (F = France, E = England)
NZ-ers who have swum the English Channel
07/08/1965: Keith Hancox, 26, F-E, 15:33:00 - first NZer
30/07/1978: Meda McKenzie, 15, E-F, 13:09:00 - first NZ female, youngest NZ-er 
20/09/1980: Belinda Shields, 18, E-F, 09:08:00 - new NZ record
24/08/1981: Belinda Shields, 19, E-F, 11:13:00
08/08/1982: Elizabeth Horner, 16, E-F, 08:50:00 - new NZ female record still stands in 2025
18/08/1983: Sandra Blewett, 33, F-E, 11:52:00
18/08/1983: Elizabeth Horner, 17, F-E, 10:43:00
31/08/1983: Sheryl McLay, 23, E-F, 13:32:00
31/08/1983: Rhonda Smidt, 20, E-F, 09:48:00
19/08/1985: Philip Rush, 21, E-F, 11:25:00 -  new record, NZ male
09/09/1985: Philip Rush, 21, E-F-E, 17:56:00 - 2-way / new EC record for double-crossing (still stands as of 2025)
31/08/1986: Philip Rush, 22, E-F, 08:43:00 - new record, NZ male
31/08/1986: Stanley Paris, 49, E-F, 12:59:00
04/08/1987: Philip Rush, 23, E-F, 08:37:00 - 
new record, NZ male
16/08/1987: Philip Rush, 23, E-F-E-F, 28:21:00 -  3-way, record still stands in 2025
16/08/1988: Philip Rush. 24, E-F, 08:11:00 - 
new record, NZ male still stands in 2025
16/08/1998: Chris Hains, E-F, 11:59:00
03/07/2005: Yvonne Mooyman, 43, E-F, 18:27:00
19/09/2008: Alistair Cottle, 32, E-F, 14:29:00
01/08/2013: Daniel Kennedy, 51, E-F, 15:49:35
01/09/2013: Tracy Clark, 43, E-F, 12:46:00
04/09/2013: Casey Glover, M, 27. E-F, 09:14:19
12/09/2013: Kimberly Chambers, 36, 12:12:00
23/06/2015: Grant Callaghan, 42, E-F, 14:22:00
09/07/2015: Simon Olliver, 51, E-F, 11:08:00
09/07/2017: Daniel Abel, 41, E-F, 11:15:00
​20/08/2018: Leigh Newman, 62, E-F, 14:40:00
21/08/2018: Duncan Delacy Cleary, E-F, 13:06:00
27/09/2018: Angus Reilly, E-F, 13:39:00
23/08/2019: Callum Eade, 46, E-F, 10:56:00
19/09/2019: Dennis Clarke, 57, E-F, 15:35:00
26/08/2022: Paul Feltoe, 48, E-F, 12:46:00
09/08/2023: Caitlin O'Reilly, 19, E-F, 09:34:00
29/06/2024: Rebecca Hollingsworth, 36, E-F, 11:51:00
17/08/2024: Charlotte Brynn, 58, E-F, 11:43:00


North Channel - Ireland / Scotland - 34.5 km
02/09/2014: Kimberly Chambers, 37, I-S, 13:06:00
05/07/2017: Simon Olliver, 53, I-S, 11:56:00
13/08/2019: David Conradie, I-S, 13:12:03
08/08/2022: Callum Eade, I-S, 11:40:00
24/08/2023, Caitlin O'Reilly, 19, I-S, 09:57:00 

Strait of Gibraltar - 14.44 km - Spain to Morocco
04/08/2001: Paul Percy, 44, n-s, 04:07:00
​01/05/2013: Kimberly Chambers, 35, n-s, 04:39:00
09/06/2015: Tracy Clark, 45, n-s, 06:20:00
17/06/2016: David Blackmore, 41, n-s, 04:06:00
29/08/2016: Paul Spurway, 39, n-s, 05:43:00
25/04/2018: David Coleman, 61, n-s, 04:32:00
19/08/2019: Simon Olliver, 55, n-s, 03:40:00
11/09/2023, Caitlin O'Reilly, 19, n-s, 06:04:00   
22/05/2024: Callum  Eade, 51, n-s, 04:23:00
22/05/2024: Paul Feltoe, 50, n-s, 04:23:00

Lake Zurich - 26.4 km
03/08/2008: Alistair Cottle, 32, 07:37:07
04/08/2013: Heather Osborne, 50, 08:34:07
05/08/2018: Alice Sagar, 37, 09:32:25
07/08/2022: Kirsten Cameron, 48, 06:56:05



Tsugaru Strait - Japan
03/07/2014: Kimberly Chambers, 37, Honshu to Hokkaido, 19.5 km, 09:38:00
12/09/2018: Simon Olliver, 54, Cape Kodomari Honshu to Hokkaido, 29 km, 11:58:00
05/07/2022, Caitlin O'Reilly, 18 years, 11 hrs 37 mins (Philip Rush Swimming) 19.5 km, Honshu to Hokkaido

AMERICAS
Catalina Channel - CA, USA - 31.6 km 
(M = Mainland, C = Catalina Island)
07/09/1977: Sandra Blewett, 27, M-C, 10:58:32​
18/07/2013: Kimberly Chambers, 36, C-M, 11:26:30
17/09/2014: Charlotte Brynn, 48, C-M, 10:34:10
​22/09/2015: Tracy Clark, 45, C-M, 12:54:55
30/08/2016: Simon Olliver, 52, C-M, 10:45:31
​11/07/2017: Paul Feltoe, 43, C-M, 10:21:42
29/09/2023: Callum Eade, 50, C-M, 13:05:34
16/07/2024, Caitlin O'Reilly, 20, C-M, 08:56:00  
Kaiwi Channel - HW, USA - 45 km
(M = Molokai, O = Oahu)
09/11/02012: Kimberly Chambers, 35, M-O, 19:27:00
07/2019: Paul Feltoe, M-O, 13:25:00
24/10/2024: Caitlin O'Reilly, 20, M-O, 13:18:00 

MOANA NUI - BIG OCEAN (OCEANIA)
Apolima Strait - Sāmoa 22.3 km
Main route is Mulifanua, Upolu to Salelologa Savai'i Island - e-w, 22.3 km
15/02/2015: Mike Cochrane, e-w, 08:01:00, IO - Seti Afoa
15/08/2025: Rosie Sharman, e-w, 08:30:00 - IO - Scott Rowland
07/04/2016: Philip Ryan, 25, e-w, 05:03:00 (record - overall, Male) IO - Judith Wright

07/04/2016: Abby Walsh (nee Armstrong), 28, e-w, 06:30:00 (record - Female) - IO - Pat Gallagher
07/04/2016: Bronwen Burmester, 60, e-w, 08:05:00 - IO - Seti Afoa
07/04/2016: Todd Pritchard, 50, e-w, 08:25:00  - IO - Mike Cochrane
11/04/2017: Paul Feltoe, 43, e-w, 06:48:10 - IO - Mike Cochrane
11/04/2017: Christina Harris, 53, e-w, 06:53:11 - IO - Seti Afoa
11/04/2017: Tony McLean, 47, e-w, 07:18:48
06/04/2018: Bronwyn Copeland, e-w, 07:30:34
06/04/2018: Andrew Cave, 47, e-w, 07:36:00
06/04/2018: David Edgar, 46, e-w, 08:12:10
​06:04:2018: Alice Sagar, 37, e-w, 08:14:24
06/04/2018: Jacques de Reuck, 66, e-w, 10:45:00 IO - Mark Gillon
06/04/2018: Su Emerson Dent (formerly Scott), 47, e-w, 11:10:00
08/03/2019: Mark Gillon, 59, e-w, 12:29:28 IO Jacques de Reuck
08/03/2019: Linda Collard, 55, e-w, 13:21:29

7/08/2023, Ruth Marinosa, 7 hrs 15 mins  
7/08/2023. Jessica Campbell, 7 hrs ​19 mins 
​7/08/2023, Samuel Muir-James, 7 hrs 20 mins  

8/02/2024. Ivan Polyntcev, 6 hrs 40 mins, IO - Seti Afoa

​Apolima Strait is run by Samoa Events
Tahiti to Mo'orea - French Polynesia
07/10/2018: Christina Harris, F, 55 yrs, Nelson, Tahiti-Mo'orea e-w, 19.5 km, 6:44:32. IO - Scott Taylor / Bex Teague
07/10/2018: Mike Cochrane, M, 35 yrs, Auckland, Tahiti-Mo'orea e-w, 19.5 km, 6:44:32. IO - Scott Taylor / Bex Teague
05/10/2019: Kimiora Taunga, F, 53 yrs, Auckland, Tahiti-Mo'orea e-w, 21.2 km, 9:37:07. IO - Linda Collard
05/10/2019: Tracey Messinger, F, 49 yrs, Whangārei, Tahiti-Mo'orea e-w, 21.2 km, 9:38:25. IO - Ioane Ng Pao

Event organiser - Samoa Events

Around Rarotonga - 34 km
03/03/1985: Meda McKenzie, anti-clockwise, 17:27:00 (first)
07/09/2017: Daniel Abel, 41, clockwise, 11:02:00 (first clockwise) IO - Shannon Saunders

Around Bora Bora - French Polynesia 
14/10/2019, Tracey Messinger, ​09:42:50, clockwise, IO - Seti Afoa - first NZer
06/11/2023, Nick Edwards, 7 hrs 14 mins. IO - Seti Afoa

​Event is run by Samoa Events
Derwent River - Hobart, Tasmania
​29/01/2025: Debbie Lewry, 34 km, 9:06:00. First woman from NZ (Kāpiti  Coast/Wellington). IO - Julie Boxall
05/02/2025: Susan Sherwen, Auckland, 34 km, 8:31:00
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