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Stuff s Duncan Johnstone and Todd Niall take a look at how Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are shaping up, despite Auckland s Covid-19 alert level 3, postponing the start of the America s Cup.
Team New Zealand’s event arm has banned the
New Zealand Herald from the America’s Cup media centre after a disagreement over the use of copyright race video. The ban is thought to be the first of a media company at a major sporting event in New Zealand, and follows nine months of frosty relations between the America’s Cup defender, and the paper. Team New Zealand took the move after it said video productions made by the
America s Cup defender claims report on alleged misuse of public funds must stay confidential.
Emirates Team New Zealand has claimed an audit done on its events arm’s use of public funds for organising next year’s America’s Cup regatta is confidential at the highest level and must remain so as NZME seeks to publish.
The fight to keep secret forensic accountant Beattie Varley’s audit report, as part of the Ministry of Business’ investigation into the Kiwi sailing team, kicked off this afternoon in the Auckland High Court.
The legal stoush follows Justice Christine Gordon’s interim court order last Thursday that has kept