Dunedin City Council events and special projects officer Kim
Newman shows one of many unclaimed 2011 Rugby World Cup
certificates and medals on Wednesday.
A new report calling the Rugby World Cup an "overwhelming
success'' has revealed fewer than 10 percent of Auckland
businesses believe the sporting event had benefited them.
Sports Minister Murray McCully thinks the Rugby World Cup
could have some benefit for the Government, but does not
believe the results will have a political impact.
It was a long time coming. All the planning, all the
spending, all the waiting and all the anticipation came to a
head at the weekend with the opening of the Rugby World Cup
in New Zealand and the beginning of the South's role in that.
Former Dunedin opera
singer Jonathan Lemalu is one of seven distinguished New
Zealand singers chosen to perform national anthems at the
2011 Rugby World Cup.
The Pumas arrive for a warm up before a training session at
the University Oval in Dunedin yesterday. The scoreboard
message, in Spanish, reads: "Welcome and good luck".
Fancy new barriers will provide a smart appearance to the
lower Octagon around Rugby World Cup matches, and make it
clear where the temporary liquor ban applies, says the
Dunedin City Council.
More than 100 people - including children waving Georgian
flags - turned out at Queenstown Airport last night to
welcome the Georgia Rugby World Cup squad to the resort and
New Zealand. Members of the Georgia RWC squad, including
captain Irakli Abuseridze (second from right) are pictured
taking in the atmosphere at the airport.