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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

Weather forecast
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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Emirates Team NZ and Taihoro out on the water for the first time ahead of AC38!

AC38
Team New Zealand and their AC75 are out on the water today - first time. A good day for it, no la...
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Emirates Team New Zealand begins new AC75 sailing phase in Auckland

AC38
Taihoro, the boat that carried the team to victory in Barcelona nearly 18 months ago was ready to be...
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Emirates Team New Zealand relaunch AC75 for America’s Cup today

AC38
Emirates Team New Zealand will relaunch their AC75 in Auckland this afternoon. It will be the first ...
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Generate, store, convert, monitor: the Victron ecosystem explained at Auckland Boat Show

Auckland Boat Show
Why boat electrics are changing Electrical systems on boats used to be fairly simple. A bat...
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Bavaria E40 walkthrough with Busfield Marine, at the Auckland Boat Show

Auckland Boat Show
At the Auckland Boat Show we stepped aboard a 2018 Bavaria E40 for a quick walkthrough. The boat ble...
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MicroTender Mini range offers three compact kiwi-built tenders, on display at the Auckland Boat Show...

Auckland Boat Show
New Zealand builder Chris Jellie is producing a small but practical range of tenders designed for cr...
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McD Boutique Yacht Brokerage brings European performance and long range cruising to Auckland

Auckland Boat Show
From high speed Turkish adventure boats to a 2,000 nautical mile Greek cruiser — and the legendary r...
SailGP 2026 Sydney Race Final // SailGP Media
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Taylor Canfield claims first-ever SailGP event title

SailGP 2026
After seven fleet races in light and unstable breeze, the three boat final at the 2026 SailGP Sydney...
ROCKWOOL Racing SailGP Team helmed by Nicolai Sehested ahead of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team helmed by Dylan Fletcher during racing on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Saturday 28 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Felix Diemer for SailGP.
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Denmark time it right as the Harbour tilts the script in the final fleet race in Sydney SailGP

SailGP 2026
Heading into Race 7, the final fleet race of the 2026 SailGP Sydney event, Spain’s Los Gallos led th...
SailGP 2026 Sydney Race 6 // SailGP Media
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United States master light air in Race 6 as Sydney SailGP leaderboard tightens

SailGP 2026
Sydney Harbour delivered its most testing race—not by speed but by decisions made in slow racing con...
SailGP 2026 Sydney Race 5 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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Emirates GBR take control in light air in Sydney SailGP Race 5

SailGP 2026
Sydney Harbour delivered a tactical light air contest on Sunday as Emirates Great Britain claimed vi...
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Spain edge ahead in Sydney on day one of SailGP event

SailGP 2026
Sydney Harbour did what it always does when the breeze refuses stay in one direction, ...
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Australia close Day 1 with commanding Race 4 SailGP victory

SailGP 2026
Australia secured a decisive win in Race 4 to close the opening day of SailGP Sydney 2026, restoring...
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Spain master unstable breeze in penalty-filled Sydney Race 3

SailGP 2026
Race 3 in Sydney delivered one of the most chaotic starts of the weekend, with shifting breeze, unst...
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Shifting Sydney breeze reshapes the leaderboard in Race 2

SailGP 2026
Like Race 1, Race 2 of the 2026 SailGP Sydney unfolded in a lighter, unstable breeze. Following A...
Silhouette of the F50 catamaran sleet racing past the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Saturday 28 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Brett Phibbs for SailGP.
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BONDS Flying Roos strike first in a light air scrap in the first race 2026 Sydney SailGP

SailGP 2026
Sydney Harbour delivered a tactical opener to the 2026 SailGP Sydney opener. With the...
The fleet in the Waitemata. // Photo credit: Roger Mills / Boating New Zealand
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Motorboat III leads the fleet as the 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Yacht Race gets underway on...

Round North Island (RNI)
Twenty six two-handed crews start the 1,210 nautical mile anticlockwise lap around Aotearoa’s North ...
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KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix (Press Conference): racing returns under sharper focus

SailGP 2026
The KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix arrives with unfinished business. Auckland changed the tone of th...
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SailGP Sydney pre-race press conference as it happened (formerly our live coverage)

SailGP 2026
We are running a live for this press conference; it's the first pre-race press conference since the ...
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Sydney SailGP weather throws out the usual Harbour script

SailGP 2026
An uncommon easterly and tidal nuances around Shark Island could turn this weekend’s racing into a t...
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Sydney SailGP 2026: Five storylines to watch on Sydney Harbour

SailGP 2026
Sydney Harbour hosts the next round of the 2026 SailGP season this weekend. The fleet will be smalle...
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Auckland SailGP collision: Review confirms rapid foil ventilation sequence behind Black Foils crash

SailGP 2026
SailGP’s technical review into the Auckland SailGP collision has concluded there was no mechanical f...
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Parlay Revival’s Colin MacRae faces long recovery his achilles ruptured in Bangkok

Following On Youtube
New Zealand YouTube sailor and former Below Deck engineer Colin MacRae has suffered a full Achilles ...
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Quentin Delapierre speaks exclusively to Boating New Zealand after Auckland SailGP crash

SailGP 2026
France SailGP driver Quentin Delapierre reflects on the Race 3 collision with the Black Foils at the...

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