An emotional seven-month circumnavigation of New Zealand is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor, who sailed into Auckland's Princes Wharf yesterday, accompanied by a flotilla of yachts and waka.
A former foster child, her seven month voyage was to raise funds for New Zealand teenagers in care.
The journey was a change of tack - after her goal to sail around the globe was interrupted by Covid-19 and she found herself stuck in Tauranga.
Connor spoke to Corin Dann.
