Local and national politicians and their acolytes appear to have learned little from the past decade or two of America s Cup history, based on their reaction to a Venue Selection Process Hosting Guide developed on behalf of Emirates Team New Zealand
In a statement issued yesterday by the Minister of Tourism and Economic and Regional Development, Stuart Nash stated with the Prada Cup underway, and the Match yet to start, it’s too early to start talking about what may or may not happen with the next event. We are committed to supporting America’s Cup Event Limited and Emirates Team New Zealand deliver a successful 36th America’s Cup.
While the statement makes no specific reference to wider disagreements set to be decided by mediation,
Stuff understands all outstanding disputes between Team NZ, ACE and MBIE, are over. Without attribution to any person, the MBIE statement said: “We regret the manner in which this issue has played out in the public arena and the detrimental reputational impact of the process on ETNZ and ACE, its directors and the teams.”
Hannah Peters/Getty Images The unattributed MBIE statement came a week after the Ministry released information to In August, days before the release of the final audit which disproved whistleblower allegations against the team, MBIE’s Tourism general manager Iain Cossar texted the chief executive Carolyn Tremain.
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