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The world’s oceans have given New Zealanders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke the chance to accomplish so much at relatively young ages.
FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Emirates Team New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling, left, and teammate Blair Tuke cross the boat during the ninth race in America s Cup sailing competition against Oracle Team USA in Hamilton, Bermuda. As they hit what could be the prime of their careers, Burling, 30, and Tuke, 31, are thinking about more than just their next victory. Sure, they re focusing in on trying to win another gold medal in the high-performance 49er skiff in the Tokyo Olympics starting later this month. They also realize that as the victories pile up, they re in a unique position to sp
Sacred Ships: the Drua of Fiji - Bringing you Truth, Inspiration, Hope
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Project Auckland: Auckland - a city without limits
4 Mar, 2021 03:59 PM
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NZ Herald
By: Graham Skellern
Auckland Unlimited chief executive Nick Hill is determined to tell the whole Auckland story digitally and advance deep technology to attract quality investment.
Over the next two to three years the newly-merged Auckland Unlimited will be developing a co-ordinated cultural infrastructure plan that should bring much-debated projects back on the table, with funding options.
Defining projects such the mana whenua cultural centre, performing arts studios at Aotea Square, and even a new city stadium could come alive.
The infrastructure plan is one of the high priorities for Nick Hill, who became the chief executive of the new economic and cultural development agency Auckland Unlimited when Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (Ateed) and Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA) merged on December 1.
Press Release – NZ Maritime Museum
In keeping with the fast pace of current America’s Cup racing, the New Zealand Maritime Museum is staging its own PechaKucha America’s Cup-themed evening entitled
It Takes a Village on the 3rd of March.
Creatives and experts line up to each riff in under seven minutes and referring to only 20 slides on the many and intricate elements of America’s Cup racing and campaigns, from the design of the technologically advanced 1851-schooner
America, to the art of photographing the foiling challengers and defender on the Waitematā Harbour in 2020-21.
Yacht-designer, America’s Cup Hall of Fame inductee, and according to the lippy and starry Cup-veteran Dennis Connor ‘the best brain in yachting’ Tom Schnackenberg will deal to the evolution of Auld Mug yachts over the competition’s 170-year history. Hamish Ross, the lawyer who wrote a doctorate on Cup legalities, will stick to his knitting as well as point out some of the race’s peculi