Emirates Team New Zealand's new round-the-world-race yacht is ready for commissioning ahead of its Easter voyage along the east coast, including a Tauranga stop.

The vessel called Camper left the builder's yard on Sunday at 4.30am – one year after the project was announced.

Camper leaves the builder's yard just one year after the project began.

The 70ft yacht was trucked to the team's Viaduct Harbour base where it is being commissioned this week.

The build started at Cookson Boats in August last year, taking close to 35,000 man-hours. Over the next few days, keel, rudder, dagger boards, mast and rigging are being fitted and electronic, electrical and hydraulic systems commissioned.

Camper will be sailing on the Waitemata Harbour by the end of the week before setting off for sea trials during which the yacht will call at five east coast ports at the end of April and in early May.

The yacht leaves Auckland on April 25 for Tauranga, before heading to Gisborne (April 29), Wellington (May 2), Dunedin (May 5) and Lyttelton May 7-8.

Camper's mission is the Volvo Ocean Race, a 38,000 nautical mile race around the world that starts at Alicante, Spain, at the end of October.

Auckland is a stopover port. The fleet will spend three weeks in Auckland in March-April 2012.

Camper was designed by the Emirates Team New Zealand design team led by Nick Holroyd with principal designer Marcelino Botin.

Emirates Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton says the project is a success.

'This is a great day for us as a team,” says Grant.

'Everyone has worked hard to meet all our deadlines – they have delivered Camper on time, just nine months after we first started the build.

'To be able to stand back and see the amazing job that they guys have done and now see her in her full livery, is quite humbling.

'I am very excited about going out sailing towards the end of this week.”