Team New Zealand arrived in San Francisco this week and Otago residents were the first in New Zealand to write supportive messages this week for the team's bid in the Louis Vuitton and America's Cup races that lay ahead.
The people of Queenstown and Dunedin this week signed the daggerboards of a replica AC72, which will be delivered to the New Zealand base in San Francisco.
The Toyota ''Lean with us'' tour began in Queenstown on Monday and was in Dunedin on Tuesday. It will continue through 14 more destinations, ending on July 13 in Whangarei.
The 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup will be held in San Francisco from July 7 to August 30 and the winner will face the Golden Gate Yacht Club representative for the America's Cup, in a best-of-17 race series between September 7 and 21.
