The New Zealand Rio 2016 Paralympic Team marched out alongside 4,350 athletes from 160 countries.

A Paralympic star from Belgium is considering ending her life after the Rio Games, because her health problems have become so bad.

Holly Robinson has been selected to lead the New Zealand Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team into the Maracana Stadium tomorrow. The announcement

Here are 5 Kiwi athletes to watch at Rio Paralympics.

Fingers are crossed that all will be well when the paralympic games open in rio tomorrow (nzt).

Countries arriving in Rio for the Paralympics have been forced to clean "grimy" apartments in the Athletes Village and arrange their own transportation during the Games.

For most athletes, an Olympic career might last 12 years. For Libby Kosmala, it's more like 44.

Vogue Brazil has been slammed for using Photoshop trickery on their paralympic models in a controversial editorial.

NZ will still send a full team to compete at the Paralympic Games despite news of countries missing out because of a lack of money for the event.

Paralympian Cameron Leslie certainly kept the best for the last as the final Kiwi to swim on day two of the IDM German Open.

The former SAS corporal, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in 2007, is once again lending his patronage to the Kiwi military paralympic team.

See how our Kiwi athletes are doing at Rio The Paralympic Games start on Sept 8. To find out how the Kiwis rank against the rest

A new song to mark today's Day of People with Disability also aims to give our Paralympians a rousing anthem for next year's Rio games.

German long jumper Markus Rehm, who wants to compete against able-bodied athletes, took gold at the World Paralympics Championships yesterday.

Paralympics NZ will today launch its awareness and fundraising initiative, Spirit of Gold, at a public event. David Leggat reports.

The progression of paralympic athletes into the mainstream sporting coverage is a key aim of chef de mission Ben Lucas in the countdown to Rio.

Returning from the IPC world champs in Glasgow with a bumper haul of medals, the paralympic swimming team are now looking ahead to Rio.

New Zealand swimmers delivered at the right time and are now well placed to press on to next year's Rio Paralympics after a strong performance at the IPC world championships.

Michael Johnson is a world champion air rifle shooter, a Paralympic gold medallist and ranked No 1 and 2 in the world in his disciplines.

NZ Paralympic hero Adam Hall's year is off to a bright start after he bagged six medals, including four golds and World Cup silver and bronze.

Growing self-belief drives disabled skier to lift his sights higher.

If imitation is indeed the best form of flattery, then New Zealand elite sport is in a good space. New Zealand's high performance sporting systems are catching the eye, with delegations from across the globe visiting this country to watch.