The parade to celebrate Team New Zealand's victory in the America's Cup is set to be as wet as the sea off Bermuda with rain looking likely for Thursday's welcome home. The parade is set to begin at 12.30pm, heading down Queen St in the central city before the team does a sail by for fans on the waterfront. After the parade through the streets the team will take to the water, going by boat around the Viaduct Basin and past North Wharf, Princes Wharf and Queens Wharf. There will be additional seating on ferries from Birkenhead, Bayswater, Half Moon Bay, Pine Harbour, West Harbour, Gulf Harbour and Hobsonville. There will be road closures along the parade route and some nearby streets beginning 9am and ending at around 3pm, except for Customs St West and Market Place which will reopen at 5pm.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2017 23:48 UTC