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Great Barrier Island's gleaming new machine helping boaties

November 11, 2021

As summer looms, safety on the water becomes more of an issue. (Source: Seven Sharp)

As summer looms, safety on the water becomes more of an issue.

On Great Barrier Island, a gleaming new machine has just arrived to help protect local boaties - and sometime in the future, it will help visiting boaties too.

The machine is a former America’s Cup course boat.

"It is beyond comprehension that we got this boat,” CoastGuard’s ‘Skinny’ Henderson said.

Watch the full story in the video above.

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