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This Tremain cartoon of the Viaduct Basin captures the nation’s demoralisation after the loss of the America’s Cup in 2004.

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by Garrick Tremain

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Harold Kidd, Sailing and windsurfing – The America’s Cup, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/7159/city-of-sales (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Harold Kidd, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2016.