Emirates Team NZ new base, the former INEOS Team UK facility, is blessed in an early morning ceremony by Ngati Whatua Orakei © Emirates Team New Zealand
The new base is the former INEOS Team UK facility constructed for the 2021 America's Cup in Auckland.
Continuing a respected and treasured tradition, Ngati Whatua Orakei blessed the new Emirates Team New Zealand base on Wynyard Point in a special dawn ceremony on Tuesday morning ahead of the wider team move across to its new long-term home.
It is expected that the team's AC40 will begin sailing from the base in the next few weeks.