The America's Cup match will begin on Wednesday, with Auckland set to move out of Covid-19 alert level 3 at 6am on Sunday. There are two races scheduled for Wednesday, Friday and through the weekend to Monday at least, with Sunday being the earliest date for one team to secure the seven wins needed for victory.
In the day's other Cup news...
The untold story of Team NZ's heartbreak
No other defeat has stung Kiwis as much as the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco - arguably the most dramatic Cup regatta in history. It was all but won, but the final flourish never came and Oracle Team USA managed one of sport's greatest comebacks.