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Kōrero: Sailing and windsurfing

Whitbread fleet leaves Auckland, 1998

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Whitbread fleet leaves Auckland, 1998

New Zealanders became heavily involved in international yachting competitions such as the Whitbread Round the World race. They became professional sailors of hugely expensive high-tech yachts paid for by commercial sponsorship. The advertising logos on these Whitbread yachts leaving Auckland for Brazil show the importance of commercial support.

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New Zealand Herald

by Kenny Rodger

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Harold Kidd, Sailing and windsurfing – International successes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7153/whitbread-fleet-leaves-auckland-1998 (accessed 14 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Harold Kidd, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2016.