Matthew Mason (born in Whangarei[1]) is a New Zealand sailor known as ’Kauri’.
[1] Mason sailed on the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race with Winston.
He then joined Team New Zealand and was part of the crew on NZL 32 that won the 1995 America's Cup.
[4] He then joined Oracle Racing and sailed on USA 17 when it won the 2010 America's Cup.
[5][6] During the 2013 America's Cup, Mason was in charge of a surveillance boat that got too close to Luna Rossa Challenge.