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The Sailing Professor: Despite impressive start, Team NZ can't get carried away
OPINION: Team NZ drew first blood on the opening day in Barcelona.

The Sailing Professor: The radical changes NZ has made ahead of Cup
OPINION: Team NZ has had the luxury of not playing their hand early.

The major unknown that could decide America's Cup
OPINION: The first-to-seven contest begins with two races on Sunday morning.

Sir Ben Ainslie: Why I believe we can beat New Zealand and win the Cup
OPINION: Great Britain has never won the America's Cup but Ineos hopes to change that.

The Sailing Professor: The issue Team NZ must avoid to retain Auld Mug
OPINION: Team NZ will need to bring their A-game from the beginning of this Cup

Opinion: What we learned from challenger series semifinals
OPINION: Perhaps we’re in for more twists and turns this time around.

The sailing professor: The variable that could decide Challenger Series final
OPINION: A final series between Luna Rossa and Ineos Britannia is a difficult one to pick.

The sailing professor: From predictable to pulse pounding — how to fix the boring start
OPINION: What have we learned after the preliminary regatta?

The Ineos Britannia challenge
Herald sports reporter Michael Burgess backgrounds the Ineos Britannia challenge from Barcelona. Video / NZ Herald

Paul Henry: Air NZ is failing us - it needs a new chair, CEO
He once starred in one of the Air NZ safety videos. He's now taking the airline to task.

Sir Ian Taylor: Opportunity to board America's Cup waka
COMMENT: Politicians might look at how they may help stage next America's Cup back here.

Tim Beveridge: Quit whinging over America's Cup for crying out loud
OPINION: NewstalkZB host wonders what on earth has happened to New Zealanders.

Winston Aldworth: Team NZ win another race for public funding
Officials and politicians should have recognised the mercenary nature of top sailing.

Paul Lewis: The rumours that could shake up the America's Cup
Alinghi's challenge for the America's Cup could be moving the event closer to Formula 1.

Paul Lewis: The real reason Burling and Tuke haven't re-signed with Team NZ
OPINION: Team NZ without their best two sailors? It might be unlikely, but it's possible.

Editorial: Blessings to consider as Team NZ sails off
Editorial: RNZYS Commodore Aaron Young is right. It is all about the money.

The subplot to America's Cup rival's grand plan - and how it affects Team NZ
There could be a subplot to the American move, in keeping with the long Cup tradition.

Sir Ian Taylor: How Team NZ was saved from closing down
OPINION: There was something else that made Team NZ's America's Cup win special.

John Roughan: The world is not watching - Team NZ can stand on their own feet
OPINION: We tell ourselves the world is watching, but it's not really.

Will our Cup runneth overseas?
Editorial: On-the-water action outplayed the shore-side affairs at 36th America's Cup.

'Gorgeous smile': Rod Stewart gets flirty with our PM in front of Clarke Gayford
'How's the missus,' Rod Stewart asked.