Twelve years ago I pulled up outside Auckland International Airport's departures entrance and pushed a Texan by the name of Carter Perrin out of my beat-up Volkswagen. Then I threw his bags after him, said adios, and drove back to town.

A round-the-world yachtsman from Fiji has been banned from driving in New Zealand after reversing the wrong way up a motorway on-ramp while over the limit.

It will be fascinating to see whether the event or events Team New Zealand might bring to Auckland under the banner of the America's Cup are enough.

The confirmation of Bermuda as the venue for the 2017 America's Cup presents the Government with a ticklish problem.

Auckland Council's major events funding body is interested in working with Team New Zealand to secure hosting rights for the America's Cup Qualifying regatta ahead of the challenger finals and 35th Cup match in Bermuda.

The moment the Team Vestas Wind ran aground during the Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday has been caught on camera.

Oracle Team USA's defence of the America's Cup in a tiny tax haven in the Atlantic with the population the size of Southland is a joke, writes Toby Manhire.

Team NZ boss Grant Dalton is determined the syndicate's 29-year America's Cup dynasty will not be sunk by the selection of Bermuda to host the next event.

Just as the news Bermuda is the next home of the America's Cup was expected, so too was Team New Zealand's bullish response, writes Dana Johannsen.

Team New Zealand's America's Cup lifeline could lie in hosting one or more of lead-up events to the 2017 event in Bermuda.

Govt maintains Bermuda is "less attractive" as an America's Cup venue for investment in Team NZ - and details about NZ hosting another event are "sketchy".

The Team Vistas Wind crew, who have been stranded on a remote island in the Indian Ocean since Sunday have finally been rescued.

America’s Cup organisers have this morning confirmed Bermuda will host the next regatta in 2017, and NZ is in line to host some lead up events.

"The photo paints a pretty graphic picture of what's going on out there." Shore crew and race officials now know how big a task they have a head of them.

Jaw-dropping decision to stage America’s Cup racing off Bermuda may see event disappear off Kiwi radar writes Dana Johannsen.

Team Vestas Wind crew were rescued in the small hours of Sunday morning after the Danish team's Volvo Ocean Race boat was grounded on a reef in the Indian Ocean, forcing them to abandon it. Team Vestas Wind's rival race crew, Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA), diverted to assist in a rescue mission if necessary but were eventually cleared to continue racing north after it was apparent that the Vestas crew were no longer in danger.

An exhausted Kiwi among the crew of a round-the-world racing yacht wrecked on a remote reef has told his family it was a miracle no one was hurt.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has confirmed it would be harder to justify government funding if the America's Cup is Bermuda-bound in 2017.

Nine crewmen - including two Kiwis - from Team Vestas Wind have abandoned their 65-foot sloop after it went aground on a reef off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

If there were any doubts over how Kiwi 49er pairing Peter Burling and Blair Tuke would cope with balancing their Olympic campaign with their Team New Zealand commitments.

Team New Zealand has made it perfectly clear that it does not want Bermuda as the venue for the 35th America's Cup.

Treasury has advised against taxpayer backing for Team New Zealand in the next America's Cup, labelling it "poor value for money".

Revised plans for a high-performance centre for Yachting New Zealand in Takapuna have been unveiled.