{"id":615134,"date":"2026-09-29T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615134\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:08:14","slug":"jeff-bezos-800m-superyacht-koru-docks-in-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615134\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos&#8217; $800m superyacht Koru docks in Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Koru, one of the world&#8217;s largest sailing yachts which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, cruised into Auckland&#8217;s Waitemat\u0101 Harbour this morning. <\/p>\n<p>The 127m-long, 17m-wide superyacht passed Rangitoto before docking at Wynyard Quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel is reportedly worth US$500 million (NZ$800 million).<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koru-sails-into-waitemata-harbour-JBXJMNJXQVB7TE6CHOYVG67H3E.jpg\" alt=\"Koru sails into Waitem&#x101;ta Harbour.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Koru sails into Waitem\u0101ta Harbour. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Dutch shipbuilder Oceanco built the three-masted yacht in the Netherlands. It was handed over to Bezos in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known whether the billionaire was on board when Koru arrived, or how long the yacht will stay in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>The yacht&#8217;s name is the M\u0101ori word for the unfurling fern frond, which symbolises new life and growth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koru-sails-into-waitemata-harbour-B6E7M2XJBFGN3LQJ77ZRMGO56Q.jpg\" alt=\"Koru sails into Waitem&#x101;ta Harbour.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Koru sails into Waitem\u0101ta Harbour. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Koru usually sails with a support vessel, Abeona, which carries a helipad and extra equipment the main yacht has no room for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including the Greens riding high off our latest poll, and Nathan Cleary&#8217;s response to a horror injury. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Koru, one of the world&#8217;s largest sailing yachts which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, cruised into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15656,51,138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-615134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-air-travel","tag-auckland","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}