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Equilibrium // Photo credit: Insight Media - Formerly Jacob Fewtrell Media
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Equilibrium heads to Three Kings again, the skipper is the oldest in the fleet!

Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race
Graham Matthews knows this race well, and he knows how to win it. In 2024 he took overall honours on...
BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team driven by Tom Slingsby ahead of Artemis SailGP Team driven by Nathan Outteridge, on Race Day 2 of the ENEL Rio Sail Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sunday 12 April 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Jason Ludlow for SailGP.
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The Rio showdown: Slingsby and the BONDS Flying Roos complete a perfect Sunday

SailGP 2026
The final race of 2026 SailGP Rio: three boats, one race, winner takes all. The Flying Roos, Artemis...
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Australia wins again, France goes out in flames in the last fleet race in SailGP Rio

SailGP 2026
The final fleet race of the Rio event had barely started when France's regatta ended. Quentin Delapi...
Christ the Redeemer and the Rio de Janeiro skyline, on Race Day 2 of the ENEL Rio Sail Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sunday 12 April 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Gabriel Heusi for SailGP.
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Emirates GBR are out of the finals in SailGP Rio

SailGP 2026
Guanabara Bay finally delivered on Sunday. With 25 knot breeze in the bay, Race 5 got away cleanly a...
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Cyclone Vaianu, Evening Briefing, Sunday 12 April

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Vaianu moves on, leaving significant damage in its wake Cyclone Vaianu has tracked across the north...
Vixen Racing in the 2025 PIC Coastal Classic // Photo credit: Kirsten Thomas Boating / New Zealand
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Vixen Racing withdraws from Three Kings as Cyclone Vaianu intervenes (Sharon’s video in this a...

Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race
The Three Kings Offshore Race will start without one of the exciting entries this year, after the Vi...
SailGP Rio Fleet Race 4 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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After a slow SailGP Rio opener, the Aussie leads while GBR scramble to recover

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SailGP finally made it to South America. On Saturday, Guanabara Bay lived up to pre-race expectation...
SailGP Rio Fleet Race 4 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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Germany wins Race 4 in SailGP Rio in a dying breeze

SailGP 2026
The breeze finally gave up in race four after testing the fleet all day in Guanabara Bay. What littl...
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Cyclone Vaianu: we all got through the night

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Cyclone Vaianu has tracked down the upper North Island overnight, bringing strong winds, heavy rain ...
SailGP Rio Fleet Race 3 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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Kiwi Phil Robertson and Red Bull Italy break through in Race 3 of SailGP Rio

SailGP 2026
Brazil finally makes the start The third fleet race brought 12 boats to the line for the first time...
SailGP Rio Fleet Race 2 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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SailGP Rio Race 2: Los Gallos deliver for new owners

SailGP 2026
Brazil remained out of contention in this race, while GBR returned to the fleet after retiring from ...
SailGP Rio Fleet Race 1 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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SailGP hits South America: Artemis draws first blood in Rio

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Finally, Rio Rio de Janeiro was always going to bring drama in some way, and Race One under Sugarlo...
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American Magic wins court battle with US SailGP team ahead of Rio

SailGP 2026
A legal dispute between two SailGP teams went before a Delaware judge last week and was done by Apri...
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Quantum Pacific backs champtions as Los Gallos enter new era

SailGP 2026
The team that brought Spain its first SailGP championship has new owners, and the money behind them ...
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Live Ocean names new chief executive

Marine Industry Role Updates
Live Ocean Foundation has appointed Rosalie Nelson as its new chief executive, bringing in a leader ...
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Marine Weather Report, New Zealand

Weather Updates
Issued Friday 10 April 2026. Based on MetService forecasts and warnings current as of midday Friday....
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Shellfish closure renewal proposed for Marsden and Mair Banks

Sustainable Fisheries
Boaties fishing the Marsden Point area near Whangārei should be aware that a further two-year tempor...
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North to the Three Kings: where Ākonga’s Hobart campaign starts

Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race
The Three Kings Offshore Yacht Race is one of the tougher offshore races on the New Zealand calendar...
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America returns to the America’s Cup: US challenge confirmed for AC38

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American Racing Challenger Team USA has been confirmed as an Official Challenger for the Louis Vui...
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Cyclone Vaianu bearing down on New Zealand — stay off the water this weekend

Weather Updates
A wet and windy week is already underway across the North Island, but the bigger story is what's com...
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Black Foils absent in Rio, but return is coming

SailGP 2026
New Zealand's SailGP team won't be on the start line at this weekend's Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix — bu...
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Marzio Perrelli Named First CEO of America’s Cup Partnership

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The America's Cup Partnership has appointed Marzio Perrelli as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer...
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Airmar’s New DST820 Brings Cybersecurity to Your NMEA 2000 Network

New products and upgrades
Airmar has announced the DST820 Smart Multisensor, a direct replacement for the widely used DST810 t...
Emirates Team New Zealand sail their AC40 in Auckland. // Photo credit: Emirates Team New Zealand
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Seb Menzies steps into co-helm pathway with Emirates Team New Zealand

AC38
When Seb Menzies first started sailing at the age of eight, he reckons his dad signed him up without...
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Riptide Racing pulls out of 38th America’s Cup — already looking to 2029

AC38
Four months. That's all the time the US challenger gave itself to mount a Cup campaign. It nearly wo...
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LIVE VIDEO: Watch the reading of the Fisheries Amendment Bill reading in Parliament

Marine and Ecology
Live coverage of the Fisheries Amendment Bill reading in Parliament, and MPs will vote on its progre...
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Bay of Islands Sailing Week targets 100 entries ahead of 25th milestone

Bay of Islands Sailing Week
After a tough 2026, the sailing community rallies behind one of New Zealand's great regattas
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Threats won’t stop Jono Ridler’s Swim4TheOcean

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Since January 5, Jono Ridler has been in the water. Starting at Waikuku Beach at North Cape, he has ...
America's Cup. // Photo credit: Ian Roman/America’s Cup
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America’s Cup governance fight lands on the Attorney General’s desk

AC38
The America's Cup is back in legal trouble, and this time it's not even a rival team doing the suing...
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Taihoro rudder tweak points to light air battle ahead

AC38
A small change to Taihoro’s rudder reveals where Emirates Team New Zealand is focusing, and where th...
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Weather Thursday 26/03 AM: Severe weather warning for boaties across New Zealand

Extreme Weather Events
Heavy rain, gale-force winds, and dangerous swell conditions set to impact the entire country today
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VIDEO: Wednesday PM weather report update from MetService

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As bad weather rolls on into New Zealand's North, we have additional reporting to help you stay dry ...
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Winston Peters backs down on snapper size limit proposal

Sustainable Fisheries
Government signals rethink after strong response from recreational fishers over proposed commercial ...
Britain's America's Cup Team unveils 'GB1' identity // Photo credit: GB1
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INEOS vs Ainslie: Whose boat?

AC38
A £180m AC75 dispute between INEOS and Ben Ainslie raises serious questions over Britain’s America’s...
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PIC Harbour Classic celebrates the people behind the fleet

PIC Harbour Classic
From start line to dance floor, the Harbour Classic delivered a day that captured the ...
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Developing: Explosion at Tauranga Marina

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Media reports are coming through that there has been an explosion at Tauranga Marina. Stuff has r...
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LIVE VIDEO: New Zealand Jetsprint Championships from Mountain View Jetsprint track at Taranaki

New Zealand Jetsprint Championships
LIVE VIDEO: New Zealand Jetboat Championships from Wanganui
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Vessev the kiwi Electric Hydrofoiling technology company is headed to Australia

Marine Industry News
Electric VS–9 fleet headed for Western Australia, targeting a river long held back by speed and wake...
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Notice to Mariners, edition 2026/6 published

New Zealand Notices to Mariners
Latest Notice to Mariners updates charts, flags works in Whanganui, and reminds skippers that Haurak...
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Christchurch seafood processor fined over illegal mussel movement

NZ Marine Industry News
Christchurch fish processor prosecuted after receiving mussels from a controlled disease zone withou...

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