Tourism New Zealand and marketing agencies spent months coming up with the concept. The aim was to find a way to reach potential future visitors at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic had closed the borders to them.
Rod Stewart gives us a sneak peek at the version of Sailing which has been released for the America s Cup singalong. “We came up with this idea of using Sir Rod Stewart for a moment of unity in which we commiserate that [foreign tourists] are not here – and get people to dream of a future trip to New Zealand,” Monchy said. Stewart was considered ideal also because he has two Kiwi children, born during his 17-year marriage to Auckland model Rachel Hunter.