1. GLADIATOR trails HAMAL (r) and ORION as they round the first mark in the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8607
2. Things got a little crowded at the second mark and turn for home. Here (L-R) ORION, STRATHALLAN and HAMAL round the mark just metres from each other. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8609
3. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-ORION, ex-SUN EXPLORER) outbound from Auckland for trials in the nearby Hauraki Gulf prior to her official renaming on 21 March 2014. Date: 19 March 2014 Image ID 9501
4. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-ORION, ex-SUN EXPLORER) outbound from Auckland for trials in the nearby Hauraki Gulf prior to her official renaming on 21 March 2014. Date: 19 MArch 2014 Image ID 9502
5. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-ORION, ex-SUN EXPLORER) sails from Auckland's Queens Wharf following her renaming ceremony. The newest addition to the National Geographic fleet... Date: 21 March 2014 Image ID 9505
6. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-ORION, ex-SUN EXPLORER) sails from Auckland's Queens Wharf following her renaming ceremony. The newest addition to the National Geographic fleet... Date: 21 March 2014 Image ID 9506
7. ORION (1997/21199grt/IMO 9127796) at speed inbound to Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 16 March 2007 Image ID 3836
8. ORION (1997/21199grt/IMO 9127796) arriving at Auckland's Wynyard Wharf to take bunkers. Date: 11 May 2007 Image ID 3958
9. ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-SUN EXPLORER. Renamed NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION in 2014) - seen here sailing from Auckland, New Zealand following her maiden call at the port during a private... Date: 13 February 2008 Image ID 4480
10. ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-SUN EXPLORER. Renamed NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION in 2014) - bound for Brisbane, Australia following her second call at Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 28 February 2008 Image ID 4550
11. ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-SUN EXPLORER. Renamed NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION in 2014) - operated by Orion Expedition Cruises, seen here sailing from Auckland, New Zealand outbound for Brisbane,... Date: 28 February 2008 Image ID 4551
12. ORION - a first time entrant in the tug racing, she was built in 1963 by Saunders of Wellington. She is seen here on the homeward leg of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8617
13. RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS (1997/78491grt/IMO 9116864) sails for Sydney from Auckland, NZ after being alongside for the 2011 Rugby World Cup final. Joining her in Auckland for the rugby and subsequent... Date: 24 October 2011 Image ID 7137
14. SUN PRINCESS (1999/77441grt/IMO 9000259. Renamed PACIFIC WORLD) arrives in Auckland to join the already berthed cruise ship ORION (2003/3984grt/IMO 9273076, ex-SUN EXPLORER) at Queens Wharf. Cunard's... Date: 20 February 2012 Image ID 7731
