Bond and Eric Murray retained the men's pairs title at the world championships at Lake Karapiro on Saturday after a titanic battle with Great Britain's Peter Reed and Andrew Triggs-Hodge.
The former Otago Boys' High School pupil won his first world title in the four in 2007.
Bond (24) is a member of the North End club and values the help he has received from his first coach and mentor, Fred Strachan, and others in the Otago rowing community.
The gold medal in front of his home crowd, estimated at more than 10,000, was the highlight of Bond's rowing career.
"Only an Olympic gold medal would be better," Bond said.
The New Zealand team had not won a gold medal at the regatta before Saturday, and Bond acknowledged he had felt the pressure building.
"This morning was hell," he said.
"We usually race at 11am and we had to wait around until 3pm. It was not a fun morning.
"We almost fluffed it but we managed to get across the line and that is what counts."
Rowing is a close-knit community and Bond intends to take some of his overseas friends on a tour of New Zealand over the next few weeks.
"People are good to us overseas and open up their homes," he said.
"It is our opportunity to showcase New Zealand to our international competitors.
"I will also have time to relax and reflect on our unbeaten campaign over the last two years."
Bond and Murray will now aim for an Olympic gold medal in London in 2012.
Two other rowers with Otago connections had golden smiles at the weekend.
Rebecca Scown won her first world title in the women's pair with Juliette Haigh when they beat Great Britain's Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.
Scown was a member of the Otago University Rowing Club as a student in Dunedin six years ago.
Another former Otago University rower, Nathan Cohen, won the double sculls with Joseph Sullivan on the final day of the championships yesterday.
