Press
The Cruising Kiwis as featured in the media.
8 June 2026
Rob Hamill: My brother was captured and executed by the Khmer Rouge
In 1978 Rob’s eldest brother Kerry went missing, while sailing the “hippy trail” through South East Asia. Sixteen months of silence followed. His parents wrote letter after letter to ports across Asia, hoping for news that never came. When it finally did, it arrived on the front page of a newspaper.
17 April 2024
The Cruising Kiwis: A Family Affair
Rob and Rachel Hamill are sailing the world with their three sons, blending unschooling with adventure and honouring the memory of Rob’s late brother Kerry.
April 2024
Rob Hamill on the Big World Made Small Podcast
Rob joins adventure travel podcaster Big World Made Small to share stories from life at sea with a family of five on a round-the-world voyage.
1 August 2021
IN MOCEAN
We have been chosen as one of eight YouTube ambassadors — alongside SV Delos and Sailing Uma — for a plastic recycling project called **IN MOCEAN**.
18 November 2020
From Our Patron, Rob Hamill
Rob Hamill, patron of Parent to Parent NZ, shares his personal journey raising a child with health impairments while pursuing an elite sporting career.
8 September 2019
Rob Hamill: High Times at Sea with The Cruising Kiwis
RNZ Sunday documents the family sailing through Fiji, with plans to continue their circumnavigation through Southeast Asia and beyond.
