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Sport NZ have launched a nationwide public consultation on their review into sport integrity, calling on anyone involved in sport to share their thoughts on a range of integrity issues through an online survey.

Competitors at the upcoming Sir Peter Blake Regatta won't have trouble seeing how far it's possible to go in the sport of sailing.

Sailors took home two of the major gongs at last weekend's Harbour Sport Excellence Awards and a pair of former Olympians were also inducted into the Legends of Harbour Sport.

The Red Bull Foiling Generation Trophy will stay in New Zealand after Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie won this morning’s final in Miami.

The expansion of the Royal Akarana Yacht Club has continued with the club haven taken possession of 20 new Lasers which will be available for charter.

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They helped bring the America's Cup back to New Zealand and remain teammates but for a couple of weeks this month Glenn Ashby, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke will be rivals.

The 2018 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards are just around the corner and some winners have already been announced. In the first of a two-part series, meet half of the winners in the service, youth performance and performance categories.

The Auld Mug and the Minister of Sport, Grant Robertson, will be on hand when the new all-tide jetty will be opened at the Sailability Wellington Trust and Titahi Bay Boating Club's premises on Porirua Harbour later this month.

Former Charteris Bay Yacht Club commodore Mike Pearson has some simple advice for clubs looking to get a MOSS exemption: keep it practical and use it as a chance to review how your club can operate better.

There's plenty going on in the South Island this summer, with local, regional and even world championships, and some clubs will be celebrating milestones.

Marakura Yacht Club 50th Anniversary

Entries have officially opened for the 2019 Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta on January 28 and this year's event features a new race.

Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie are looking to make it two from two for New Zealand when they line up at the Red Bull Foiling Generation world final in Miami this week.

GOfuel offer discounts for Yachting New Zealand’s membership card holders and smartphone app users of between five and 10 cents a litre at the pump and have the added benefit of helping put money back into yachting and boating.

More than 70 entries have already been received from international sailors for the 2019 O'pen Bic world championships to be sailed at Manly in the New Year period.

If you’re heading north or south for a regatta, or just a holiday, Yachting New Zealand member card holders can sail with Bluebridge and save 10 percent off any of their fares.

Another strong field is expected at the Waikawa Boating Club’s New Year Regatta in January, one of the highlights on the Marlborough Sounds sailing calendar.

George Lee Rush dominated racing at the North Island Optimist championships in Napier at the weekend, winning seven of the eight races to finish comfortably ahead of his nearest rival.

The much-loved Bay Week beach party will return in 2019, with an evening of live music, good vibes, sausage sizzle and fully licensed cafe and bar service at beautiful Otehei Bay beach on the cards.

A successful Yachting New Zealand annual general meeting was held at the Otago Yacht Club in Dunedin recently.

It wasn't a race for records but the PIC Coastal Classic was spectacular in its own way.

Sam Bullock's races normally take about 8-12 minutes, so it was understandable his feet were numb and legs didn't work during the six-and-a-half hours of his recent adventure.

A group of people with Multiple Sclerosis will be taking to the water on the Spirit of New Zealand for a coastal voyage under sail around the upper half of the North Island, a first for Down Under.

Sailors aiming to compete at the 2019 49er, FX and Nacra 17 world championships will get an ideal opportunity to race at the venue with confirmation the Royal Akarana Yacht Club will host February's Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta.

Competitors at a ‘winning strategy’ information session to prepare for Friday morning's start of the PIC Coastal Classic learned one key thing from the experts: it won’t be easy, and it never is.

It's believed to be the largest multi-class centre board regatta in the world but it's not the only thing that makes the Sir Peter Blake Regatta so memorable for those who participate.

The look of jealousy on the faces of some women as their children went sailing went some way to prompting the Waiuku Yacht Club to offer a two-day dinghy course for women.

It has almost become tradition for a women's Laser sailing regatta to be beset by blustery conditions and it was the case when 14 women contested the fifth Auckland women's Laser championships on Panmure Lagoon last weekend.

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Various organisations, including yacht clubs, are being urged to make a submission against a government proposal that could affect the level of funding to the wider community from gaming trusts.

Sir Peter Blake had a vision that every child in New Zealand gets a chance to try sailing and more than 3500 are expected to get that opportunity this summer through the Volvo Sailing... Have a Go! programme.