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The final frontier: Vendée Globe’s toughest endurance test
Timber, tradition, and time-honoured craft: The 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Reel real adventures exploring New Zealand’s waters
Operation Resolution: Salvage Efforts Continue on HMNZS Manawanui
The End of an Era: Royal Caribbean’s Song of America Sent to the Scrapyard
Missing jetskier in Cook Strait: Rough seas and a widespread search
Empowering waves: Women set sail at Women on Water Weekend (WOWW)
Off-shore Powerboat Action: Doric NZ is the 26ft Shifty CAT taking on the big guns
Millennium Cup 2025: Kawil races to glory in the Hauraki Gulf
Sharlou and Hikurere win Line Honours on the last day of the 2025 Millennium Cup
Crazy Kiwi Conrad Colman to complete round the world TODAY!
Smooth sailing for Environment Canterbury’s Harbourmaster and Navy partnership
2nd Asia-Pacific Superyacht Summit returns to Hong Kong in 2025
Flexiteek 3: A New Era of High-Performance Sustainable Decking
Day 2 of the New Zealand Millennium Cup: Tight battles and tactical racing in the Hauraki Gulf
Vendée round the globe LIVE! 3/2/25
The final stretch: Vendée Globe skippers battle to the finish
Tactics and triumph: A thrilling start to the 2025 New Zealand Millennium Cup
A historic finish in a historic year: The 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race wraps up
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Britain’s America’s Cup split: Ainslie vs. Ratcliffe and the battle for the Challenger of Record
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The Vendée Globe: A nail-biting battle to the finish
Vendée round the globe LIVE! 1/2/25
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NZ Events Worth Adding to Your Calendar
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Catch all the action of the Vendée Globe Race, starting 10 Nov, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. Follow along with excitement at Boating New Zealand.
FISHING
White Pointer Boats 30th Anniversary Fishing Comp, 5 - 8 Feb 2025 in Waihau Bay
Makaira Trailer Boat Competition, 25 & 26 Jan 2025 in Whangaroa
Stabicraft Fish N Chicks Tournament, 6 - 8 Feb 2025 in Tauranga. Dress up theme is “Ladies of their Time”. Raising funds to help find a cure for Breast Cancer.
Surtees Annual Fishing Competition, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Whakatane
Hook Me Up Fishing Competition - Matakana vs Hillside, 7 Mar 2025 in Whakatane
The Kubota Billfish Classic, 12 - 15 Mar 2025 in Mercury Bay, Whitianga
ITM Fishing Competition, 13 - 16 Mar 2025 in Whangaroa
NZ Lure Masters (Catch, Measure and Release competition), 3 & 4 Oct 2025, New Zealand wide
Stabicraft Te Anau Manapouri Fishing Classic, 25 - 27 Oct 2025 TBC in Te Anau Manapouri
REGATTAS
Rolex Sydney to Hobart, 26 Dec 2024 starts in Sydney, Australia
New Zealand Sail Grand Prix, 18 & 19 Jan 2025 in Auckland
Bay of Islands Sailing Week, 21 - 24 Jan 2025 at Bay of Islands
NZ Millenium Cup, 1 - 4 Feb 2025 at Waitemata Harbour
Toyota Youth International Match Racing Cup, 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2025 in Auckland
PIC Harbour Classic, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Auckland
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025, starting 11 Oct 2025 TBC from Sydney Harbour
PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic, 24 Oct 2025 TBC from Auckland to Russell
NZ Match Racing Championships, 2025 dates tbc in Auckland
HYDRO THUNDER
JET BOAT RACING
UIM World Jetsprint Championships, 25 Jan -2 Feb 2025 at Wanaka (25 & 26 Jan) and Wanganui (1 & 2 Feb)
2025 NZ Marathon Coast-to-Coast, 16 to 25 Mar 2025 starting at Greymouth ad finishing at Christchurch
2024 Golden Homes NZ Jet Boat Marathon, 2025 dates TBC on Southland Rivers (Oreti, Waiau and Mataura)
National Jet Boat Rally 2024, 2025 date TBC at Oliver Road, Bendigo (near Cromwell)
WATERSPORTS
Yamaha Rollo's Marine Bridge 2 Bridge, 2025 dates tbc Staged on the Waikato River between Cambridge & Taupiri, based in Hamilton, New Zealand
NON-MOTORISED SPORT
Waka Ama - 2025 National Sprint Championships, 12 - 18 Jan 2025 at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge
Waka Ama - 2025 Secondary School Nationals, 24 - 28 Mar 2025 at Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua
ANTIQUE, CLASSIC & RETRO BOATS
25th NZ Antique & Classic Boat Show , 1 & 2 Mar 2025 at Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes
SHOWS
Moana Auckland - New Zealand's Ocean Festival, 27 Jan to 9 Mar 2025 in Auckland
Auckland Boat Show, 6 - 9 Mar 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland
The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, 15-18 May 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland
NZ Boat, Fish and Dive Show, 30 & 31 Aug 2025 to be held at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Waipa
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