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  • Auckland to welcome Global Ocean Race

    Auckland, New Zealand’s ‘City of Sails’, have been confirmed because the halfway stopover port for the gruelling, round-the-world Global Ocean Race in 2014.
    Legendary hospitality and an unmatched enthusiasm for sailing in a city known as one of the sector’s leading yachting capitals influenced the organisers and the race fleet can look forward to a great reception, says Auckland Mayor Len Brown.

    The Global Ocean Race (GOR) starts at Southampton in the United Kingdom on Sunday 21 September 2014, and the teams are expected to be in Auckland from late December through to mid-January 2015.

    Multi-national race
    Nine teams from six countries are currently registered for the event including a New Zealand entry for the solo class from Graham Dalton – the elder brother of Emirates Team New Zealand managing director, Grant Dalton.

    The Global Ocan Race organisation is working closely with ATEED (Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development) and Waterfront Auckland to showcase the 30,000-mile round-the-world race.

    Mayor Brown says the stopover further enhances Auckland’s reputation as one of many world’s yachting capitals. “The America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race and now the Global Ocean Race tell the same story – Auckland is a destination world yachting can’t afford to ignore.”

    Warm welcome
    ATEED chief executive Brett O’Riley says the organisation is delighted to welcome the fleet, international visitors, officials and spectators to Auckland.
    “As a prominent sailing destination, I’m sure teams will be given a warm welcome. We can provide world-class marine services to crews of the GOR as they prepare for one of the most gruelling legs through the Southern Ocean and around Cape Horn,” says O’Riley.

    Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour has hosted many successful stopovers for major yacht races and facilities continue to be improved according to Waterfront Auckland chief John Dalzell.

    “The Viaduct marina is the natural spectator home for yachting in Auckland and we are excited to see offshore boats return once again for the GOR stopover. It’s events like these which help make the Auckland waterfront the vibrant, enjoyable space that it is and I am sure many an enthusiast will jump at the chance to come down to view the boats and meet the sailors.”

    Auckland hospitality
    GOR race director, Josh Hall, says Auckland is the prime choice for a stopover.
    “Auckland’s hospitality for round-the-world race teams is legendary and public enthusiasm for sailing is virtually unmatched. Following the hardships of Leg 2 within the Indian Ocean, our teams will have easy access to expertise in all aspects of offshore yacht racing to repair any damage to sails or gear and prepare fully for the 4,000 miles of the Pacific’s Southern Ocean between New Zealand and Cape Horn in Leg 3,” says Hall.

    Around 135,000 boats are registered in Auckland – the highest per capita boat ownership for any city in the arena, with one in three Auckland households owning a ship. Formerly a commercial harbour, the city’s Viaduct Basin is a space ringed by apartments, offices and restaurants and is a well-recognized venue for international sailing events. In 2000 and 2003, the Viaduct Harbour was the bottom for the America’s Cup.

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  • UNESCO commends Canadian governments

    In its review of Canada’s Nomination of Pimachiowin Aki for World Heritage Status, the sector Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) deferred final decisions until the subsequent World Heritage Committee meeting.  UNESCO pointed to “fundamental issues” within the evaluation process that prevented them from recognising the price of “the indissoluble bonds that exist in some places between culture and nature.”  It further resolved to, “examine options for changes to the standards and/or Advisory Body evaluation processes to handle the problems raised by the nomination.”

    UNESCO commended the Governments of Canada, Manitoba, Ontario and the five aboriginal nations who drafted their nomination.  It praised their, “exemplary efforts to develop a nomination protect, maintain and restore the numerous cultural and natural assets and values related to Pimachiowin Aki.”
    Pimachiowin Aki, an aboriginal territory whose name means, “The Land Which provides Life” in Ojibwe, encompasses 33,400 square kilometers (12,895 square miles) of Ashinaabek aboriginal territory in northern Canada in the North American Boreal Shield, the biggest of Canada’s terrestrial eco-zones.  Five aboriginal nations: Bloodvein River First Nation, Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Pauingassi First Nation, Pikangikum First Nation, and Poplar River First Nation have occupied the land for greater than 6,000 years.

    At this meeting, the nomination drew praise from other nations in the course of the world who acknowledged the exceptionality of the location, particularly with regard to its think about the interrelationship between culture and nature, and expressed regret on the current inability of the method to adequately recognise the worth of that relationship.

    “The Governments of Manitoba, Ontario, and the five First Nations of Pimachiowin Aki are to be commended for seeing the worth in forging a brand new path in accordance with recognising not only the worth of the land and the indigenous cultures, however the unique relationship between both,” Mathew Jacobson, boreal conservation officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts. “It is our belief that ultimately this nomination process will result not just within the inscription of Pimachiowin Aki as a worldwide Heritage Site but additionally in a better evaluation process it is more open to and respectful of the values of all aboriginal people.”

    This decision was made at a gathering of the area Heritage Committee meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The area Heritage List is maintained by UNESCO, which seeks to encourage the identification, protection, and preservation all over the world of cultural and natural heritage that’s considered to be of remarkable value to humanity.

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  • Eiffel Tower reopens following strike

    To the comfort of the tourism industry in Paris, striking workers on the Eiffel Tower have decided to finish their protest and reopen the historic landmark to the general public.

    A workers’ strike had closed the attraction on Tuesday, as 300 staff walked out during negotiations over increases to salaries.

    The decision meant the 125,000 who visit the Eiffel Tower an afternoon in the course of the summer months were left with nowhere to move.

    Organised by the overall Confederation of Labour union, the strike began on Tuesday morning, with Eiffel Tower employees pressing demands for better working conditions and more pay.

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  • Auckland to welcome Global Ocean Race

    Auckland, New Zealand’s ‘City of Sails’, was confirmed because the halfway stopover port for the gruelling, round-the-world Global Ocean Race in 2014.
    Legendary hospitality and an unmatched enthusiasm for sailing in a city known as one of the sector’s leading yachting capitals influenced the organisers and the race fleet can look forward to a great reception, says Auckland Mayor Len Brown.

    The Global Ocean Race (GOR) starts at Southampton in the United Kingdom on Sunday 21 September 2014, and the teams are expected to be in Auckland from late December through to mid-January 2015.

    Multi-national race
    Nine teams from six countries are currently registered for the event including a New Zealand entry for the solo class from Graham Dalton – the elder brother of Emirates Team New Zealand managing director, Grant Dalton.

    The Global Ocan Race organisation is working closely with ATEED (Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development) and Waterfront Auckland to showcase the 30,000-mile round-the-world race.

    Mayor Brown says the stopover further enhances Auckland’s reputation as probably the most world’s yachting capitals. “The America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race and now the Global Ocean Race tell the same story – Auckland is a destination world yachting can’t afford to ignore.”

    Warm welcome
    ATEED chief executive Brett O’Riley says the organisation is delighted to welcome the fleet, international visitors, officials and spectators to Auckland.
    “As a prominent sailing destination, I’m sure teams will be given a warm welcome. We can provide world-class marine services to crews of the GOR as they prepare for one of the most gruelling legs through the Southern Ocean and around Cape Horn,” says O’Riley.

    Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour has hosted many successful stopovers for major yacht races and facilities continue to be improved according to Waterfront Auckland chief John Dalzell.

    “The Viaduct marina is the natural spectator home for yachting in Auckland and we are excited to see offshore boats return once again for the GOR stopover. It’s events like these which help make the Auckland waterfront the vibrant, enjoyable space that it is and I am sure many an enthusiast will jump at the chance to come down to view the boats and meet the sailors.”

    Auckland hospitality
    GOR race director, Josh Hall, says Auckland is the prime choice for a stopover.
    “Auckland’s hospitality for round-the-world race teams is legendary and public enthusiasm for sailing is virtually unmatched. Following the hardships of Leg 2 inside the Indian Ocean, our teams will have easy access to expertise in all aspects of offshore yacht racing to repair any damage to sails or gear and prepare fully for the 4,000 miles of the Pacific’s Southern Ocean between New Zealand and Cape Horn in Leg 3,” says Hall.

    Around 135,000 boats are registered in Auckland – the highest per capita boat ownership for any city in the arena, with one in three Auckland households owning a ship. Formerly a commercial harbour, the city’s Viaduct Basin is a neighborhood ringed by apartments, offices and restaurants and is a well-recognized venue for international sailing events. In 2000 and 2003, the Viaduct Harbour was the bottom for the America’s Cup.

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  • UNESCO commends Canadian governments

    In its review of Canada’s Nomination of Pimachiowin Aki for World Heritage Status, the realm Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) deferred final decisions until the following World Heritage Committee meeting.  UNESCO pointed to “fundamental issues” within the evaluation process that prevented them from recognising the worth of “the indissoluble bonds that exist in some places between culture and nature.”  It further resolved to, “examine options for changes to the standards and/or Advisory Body evaluation processes to handle the problems raised by the nomination.”

    UNESCO commended the Governments of Canada, Manitoba, Ontario and the five aboriginal nations who drafted their nomination.  It praised their, “exemplary efforts to develop a nomination which will protect, maintain and restore the numerous cultural and natural assets and values related to Pimachiowin Aki.”
    Pimachiowin Aki, an aboriginal territory whose name means, “The Land Which provides Life” in Ojibwe, encompasses 33,400 square kilometers (12,895 square miles) of Ashinaabek aboriginal territory in northern Canada in the North American Boreal Shield, the biggest of Canada’s terrestrial eco-zones.  Five aboriginal nations: Bloodvein River First Nation, Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Pauingassi First Nation, Pikangikum First Nation, and Poplar River First Nation have occupied the land for greater than 6,000 years.

    At this meeting, the nomination drew praise from other nations within the world who acknowledged the exceptionality of the positioning, particularly with regard to its discuss the interrelationship between culture and nature, and expressed regret on the current inability of the method to adequately recognise the price of that relationship.

    “The Governments of Manitoba, Ontario, and the five First Nations of Pimachiowin Aki are to be commended for seeing the price in forging a brand new path in keeping with recognising not only the price of the land and the indigenous cultures, however the unique relationship between the 2,” Mathew Jacobson, boreal conservation officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts. “It is our belief that ultimately this nomination process will result not just within the inscription of Pimachiowin Aki as a global Heritage Site but in addition in a much better evaluation process it truly is more open to and respectful of the values of all aboriginal people.”

    This decision was made at a gathering of the sector Heritage Committee meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The realm Heritage List is maintained by UNESCO, which seeks to encourage the identification, protection, and preservation around the globe of cultural and natural heritage that may be considered to be of exceptional value to humanity.

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