A team of fearless Northland divers has smashed the world record in a gruelling underwater sport: Extreme Ironing.
Many a grown man has been known to run screaming from an ironing board even under ordinary circumstances, but last Friday a record 55 athletes braved creases, synthetic shirts and shonky boards – under 30m of water.
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