Sixteen Nelson swimmers travelled to Auckland for the 4.6km Rangitoto swim on Saturday. They were joined by Abbey Smale, now studying in Christchurch, and Lisa Birkett, who moved to Hawke’s Bay a few years ago.

Here’s the Nelson results

Here’s a story

(That one was aimed at Nelson and Waimea Weekly)

Here’s a different story – on Sportzhub:

Here’s lots of photos, mainly by Jan Thompson