The NZ Millennium Cup gets underway from Saturday, with 10 entries, returning campaigners and a special regatta debut.

The 2025 New Zealand Millennium Cup begins with welcome festivities this Saturday 1 February. With courses dotted amongst the volcanoes, islands and channels of Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, this year’s regatta is shaping up to be a showdown of epic proportions with yachts returning to the race, and those making their regatta debut.

In the second consecutive edition to be raced in Auckland after its Bay of Islands tenure, the 2025 NZ Millennium Cup will welcome back Kawil for the first time after her Bay of Islands win in 2020. Also returning to the Cup are two regatta favourites: Royal Huisman’s Sassafras has a long history of hitting the New Zealand Millennium Cup racecourse with elegance and panache, belying her fierce approach to racing.