New Zealand Marine Overview
New Zealand provides complete marine solutions
Blessed with 9000 miles of largely pristine coastline, New Zealanders love to be on the water. It’s in our blood: The country’s original settlers, the Maori and Moriori, arrived to the islands in the South Pacific by canoe and Europeans followed a century later on sailing ships.
Today, New Zealand is a sailing Mecca, and boating and fishing are an important part of our country’s cultural identity, while New Zealanders figure prominently in the world’s top yacht racing syndicates and sailing competitions.
But it is off the water that New Zealand’s maritime tradition shows its most impressive side. Kiwi ingenuity and mastery of design permeate the marine world — New Zealand composites, technology and specialized hardware feature heavily in grand-prix racing yachts and blue-ocean sailing vessels. When that capability is applied to commercial boatbuilding, it brings compelling results.
The country’s reputation as one of the world’s leading superyacht building locations for composite, alloy and steel hull construction continues to grow. This is increasing demand for boatbuilding facilities, which we are meeting through the expansion both of individual yards and the development of new sites for marine construction.
As well as setting benchmark standards for high performance and advanced technology in the areas of boat building, design, refits, sails and spars, new thinking is emerging in other areas. New Zealand’s hardware, equipment and services sector is growing rapidly and we are also developing electronics and software with marine applications.
New Zealand Marine is the industry’s internationally recognized brand. It is synonymous with achievement, flexibility and technologically advanced and innovative design and production processes, supported by high quality products.
All of this is creating a reputation for New Zealand as a complete marine services provider. With their range of expertise across many of these areas, the New Zealand Marine companies exhibiting at this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and featured in this booklet show just how critical the value and quality of the country’s marine industry is globally.
