New Zealand snatched three gold medals at a Rowing World Cup event in Austria on Sunday night (NZ time).
Defending world champions Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler won the women's pair final by almost seven seconds, ahead of Italy and Great Britain, in a time of 7m 08.53s.
"The race was good, considering this was our first one in Europe this year," Gowler told the World Rowing website.
"We hope to see more of this and potentially step it up with our training camps on the way to the world rowing championships."
Brooke Donoghue and Olivia Loe also won gold in the women's double sculls, beating out the Netherlands to win by 2.45 seconds in 6m 52.30s.
Men's single sculler Robbie Manson won New Zealand's third gold in a come-from-behind win to continue his impressive run of form.
Manson was third halfway through the race, but powered home to beat Germans Tim Ole Naske and Oliver Zeidler with a time of 6m 44.96s.
"That was really hard work and I feel pretty tired right now," Manson told World Rowing.
"Towards the end, I was putting in strokes, and I managed to get past Tim and Oli. It's been a lot of hard work and a lot of nerves leading up to this, so it feels pretty special."
New Zealand also won a silver medal in the women's eight final.
The Kiwi crew of Kelsey Bevan, Kelsi Waters, Emma Dyke, Elizabeth Ross, Jackie Gowler, Lucy Spoors, Kelsi Parker, Ella Greenslade and cox Sam Bosworth finished 1.78s behind the Netherlands with a time of 6m 05.56s.
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