Auckland’s annual Superyacht Welcome Function took place last night with the largest crew turn out to-date for the event, which marks the opening of the 2025 summer cruising season in New Zealand. New Zealand’s Superyacht Welcome Function was held last night, with huge crew turn out for the event, which hosted more than 250 owners, captains, crew and industry leaders.“We’re thrilled to see such a robust turnout with the largest gathering of superyacht attendees in the Southern Hemisphere,” says NZ Marine executive director, Peter Busfield.“We know that New Zealand’s popularity as a refit and cruising destination is going from strength… Read More

Innovative New Zealand companies helped Emirates Team New Zealand sail to victory. This month, that culture of innovation will be on display in Amsterdam.With marine innovation reaching new heights in New Zealand’s marine industry, this year’s METSTRADE in Amsterdam will see a range of new-to-the-market breakthroughs. Thirteen New Zealand companies will present their products in the New Zealand Pavilions at the annual show, with category-leading technologies in paint, coatings, electric propulsion, amphibious technologies and components and over 25 New Zealand companies in total attending the showUsing technology to beat sea sicknessNew Zealand company See-LEVEL will introduce its revolutionary solution to… Read More

(c) America’s Cup ( Emirates Team New Zealand’s win against the best of the United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, France and the USA further evidences New Zealand has the world’s best sailors and is leading the world in boatbuilding innovation and technology. The NZ Marine Industry Association congratulates Emirates Team New Zealand, winners of the 37th America’s Cup, in a contest which set new records on the water.It has been a thrilling week of racing as New Zealand marine innovation has enabled new records on the waters of Barcelona. As the globe’s leading sailors battled it out on the water, it was… Read More

A new report shows superyacht visitors injected $212m into the New Zealand economy in the 2023/4 season, and has been released as New Zealand ramps up its superyacht attraction initiatives.Commissioned by NZ Marine and conducted by Market Economics Limited, the report highlights the vital role superyachts play in contributing to New Zealand’s marine and tourism industries.The report’s release comes as the NZ Marine Industry Association debuts its 2025/26 guidebook in Barcelona; Destination and Cruising New Zealand.  A total of 56 superyachts were recorded in New Zealand during the 2023/2024 season, each spending an average of $3.8 million across a range… Read More

13 June 2024 – HamiltonJet, the New Zealand-based world leader in high performance propulsion technology, and pioneers of electrification in the marine industry, continues to innovate with the launch of its new cutting edge fleet monitoring solution, Overwatch by HamiltonJet. Overwatch is a market-leading piece of technology designed to provide shore-side staff with detailed multi-vessel information in real-time that promises to revolutionize marine operations, deliver operational efficiencies and increase levels of safety for crew and passengers. The platform has been four years in the making – two years development, working out how to harness the power of vessel digitisation, and… Read More

The final day of racing on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf saw the fleet competing in light air on a course which gave them 23nm for one last push to reign supreme. The yachts took off from Motutapu, to the Noises, then D’Urville Rock, Rakino, the Haystack, and home again, though over the substantial length of the course they weren’t able to shake clear of each other. Millenium Cup Regatta 2024 Perseus^3 crossed for home first while behind her, Janice of Wyoming, Sassafras, Cat+Ion and Kotuku clung together in a drag race. Yesterday’s grey, moody Auckland sky was brightened as Janice of… Read More

Superyacht crew and industry gathered in Auckland to celebrate New Zealand’s annual superyacht welcome function last night. The event, hosted by NZ Marine, is the largest superyacht networking event in the southern hemisphere and sees local industry companies host captains, crew and guests. Crew from more than 35 yachts were invited to the event, held on Auckland’s waterfront, with those celebrating their first season in New Zealand mingling with crew glad to be back.  Credit: Matt Crawford Photography NZ Marine’s Peter Busfield welcomed superyacht captains and crew and thanked them for choosing to come to New Zealand, as well as acknowledging… Read More

METSTRADE has revealed the 53 products nominated to enter the final rounds of judgement for the 32nd edition of the DAME Design Awards. The 53 products hail from 19 countries across four continents. Congratulations to NZ Marine Export Group member Southern Spars for its nomination for the Synapse integrated sensor: Synapse delivers real-time load data for your yacht’s rig, greatly enhancing safety and performance. Our cutting-edge Synapse technology incorporates integrated load cells for the standing rigging interface, resulting in reliable calibration and streamlining the monitoring process. Congratulations also to Zerojet for its nomination for the ZeroJet Electric Jet Propulsion System… Read More

Latest statistics released at the 2023 NZ Marine Industry Association conference in Tauranga The marine industry is now worth $3 billion annually to the New Zealand economy, achieving around $2.2 billion in local sales, and $800 million in exports. This was among new statistics that showed the size and growth of the industry released at the recent NZ Marine industry conference by Executive Director Peter Busfield. Other new statistics showed the number of apprentices in boatbuilding and related trades has reached 650, and more than 5500 boats are expected to be built this year — the vast majority trailer boats… Read More

Coordinated superyacht chartering procedures in the main South Pacific countries, eased border restrictions, safe cruising, diversity of sights, and new marina and refit facilities, have created irresistible cruising in the world’s most undiscovered destination; the South Pacific. Earth’s playground is open for business. New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji and Australia have coordinated superyacht procedures for ease of cruising across this ultimate destination. Each country boasts widely-differing and interesting cultures, sights and cruising grounds, but with the added bonus of closely aligned charter and entry rules. This allows yachts to enjoy multiple seasons across the vast blue of the South Pacific, including… Read More