Abhorrent spending on RWC by Dunedin City Council

The council has budgeted $350,000 to pay for tournament planning and events, excluding stadium costs. ODT Online (7 July)

We will assume this sum doesn’t include the aggregated hours spent by Council staff on all planning and events management.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

RWC Merchandise

### tvnz.co.nz 9:34AM Monday June 27, 2011
Investigation reveals RWC merchandise made in China
Source: ONE News
A Close Up investigation to screen on TV ONE tonight has revealed that tourists buying official Rugby World Cup merchandise could be in for a shock. Close Up reporter Kate Lynch told TV ONE’s Breakfast today that most of the All Blacks’ World Cup memorabilia isn’t made in New Zealand – it’s made in China.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Local media step up reports on RWC 2011 campaign, leaving real costs out

Dunedin Venues Management Ltd chief executive David Davies said the building of Forsyth Barr Stadium was going to plan and it was set to be handed over at the end of July.

### ODT Online Wed, 1 Jun 2011
Cup organisers confident
By Steve Hepburn and Hamish McNeilly
One hundred days from the kick-off of the Rugby World Cup, organisers say they are on track with tournament preparations. Travel companies handling accommodation for teams and fans had sourced hotel rooms as far afield as Queenstown, Oamaru and Gore on Dunedin match days, Tourism Dunedin chief executive Hamish Saxton said.

Dunedin City Council Rugby World Cup co-ordinator Debra Simes said the council’s transport and traffic management plan was in its final stages, and would include suburban train services.

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The council has teamed up with the Otago Chamber of Commerce to provide information for retailers on how to capitalise on the tournament.

### ODT Online Tue, 31 May 2011
Dunedin shops urged to make most of World Cup
Dunedin retailers may extend their shopping hours as they seek to capitalise on the Rugby World Cup. The event represented a “once-in-a-generation chance” for the city, and businesses should start planning now, Dunedin City councillor and George St retailer John Bezett said yesterday.
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26.4.11 RWC 2011, this isn’t looking grand
16.4.11 Dunedin conniptions over RWC 2011, yawn
14.4.11 The haunting
9.4.11 Watching Dunedin spend for RWC 2011…
10.3.11 Events could shift south #eqnz
12.2.11 How many additional (unbudgeted) dollars will be needed from DCC…
22.1.11 No Fanzone at Octagon
20.1.11 No final RWC party at new stadium
18.1.11 Bleed out at DCC continues for RWC 2011
18.1.11 Is the stadium worth it, to private hospitality spending during RWC 2011?
10.1.11 Trains for RWC 2011?
1.1.11 In a city spending up large on RWC 2011

Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

RWC Bunting: Drape It Good

Dunedin City Council
Media Release

RWC2011 Bunting Available for Sale

This item was published on 26 May 2011.

Stand by for an outbreak of Rugby World Cup 2011 official bunting across the city.

The 12m-long rolls of bunting contain 10 metres depicting the national flags of teams playing at this year’s Tournament, plus several 2011 Fern Leaf flags.

Retailers, schools, sports clubs and community organisations are all urged to purchase the bunting to decorate their businesses and buildings.

Flagz Ltd, which makes the product, is offering the bunting for $11.95 plus GST for one 12m length.

The bunting can be ordered on the official order form, available by email from kj.smith@nz2011.govt.nz It will take four to six weeks for your order to arrive.

Developed to promote Rugby World Cup 2011 in communities, buyers will be reminded to take care to ensure the bunting is not used in any way that suggests an unauthorized commercial association with the Tournament.

Information about the relevant restrictions is available on www.rugbyworldcup.com/mema

Contact Kim Newman on 477 4000

DCC page link

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

RWC 2011, this isn’t looking grand

We have an extended state of emergency for the country #eqnz – government borrowings are through ‘the roof’, and (business?) leaders are continuing to squander money we don’t have at local and central government level.
Rugby will save us.

“The important thing is to understand the scale of this thing from New Zealand’s point of view.” -Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully

### ODT Online Tue, 26 Apr 2011
$1.2b spent on Cup, $700m return – survey
(via NZ Herald)
New Zealand will spend more than $1.2 billion in investments backing the Rugby World Cup – against $700 million in direct economic returns. A wide-ranging New Zealand Herald investigation asked tournament organisers, local authorities, government departments, public bodies, transport hubs and key sponsors what they had prepared for the World Cup and how much they would spend.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Dunedin conniptions over RWC 2011, yawn

We could be forgiven for thinking The World isn’t about to arrive here in slumberville.

### ODT Online Sat, 16 Apr 2011
RWC to challenge city
Just five months from the Rugby World Cup, Dunedin faces a formidable planning challenge, not least working out how to host an estimated more than 15,000 supporters before and after matches. A report to the Dunedin City Council finance, strategy and development committee on Monday lays out the tasks the city faces to be prepared.
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Report – FSD – 18/04/2011 (PDF, 196.2 KB, new window)
Rugby World Cup 2011 – Update

Other ODT stories:
Cruise ships not option for cup accommodation
Games may be shown in 3D

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Watching Dunedin spend for RWC 2011…

### ODT Online Sat, 9 Apr 2011
Cup planning gains pace
By David Loughrey
With five months to go before the Rugby World Cup, and final decisions made on who will be playing where, the Dunedin City Council is picking up the pace of its planning for the event. Deputy mayor Chris Staynes, chairman of the council group that oversees planning for the world cup, said council staff had been working with a wide variety of organisations responsible for cup activities.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

“Malcolm, it’s about stadium DEBT”

UPDATED

### 3news.co.nz Fri, 18 Feb 2011 6:38pm
Dunedin’s new stadium happy to prove critics wrong
By Dave Goosselink
It’s what you might call “grass roots” rugby. Former double international Jeff Wilson gave the turf at Forsyth Barr Stadium its first mow, less than a month after a special blend of seeds was first planted.

Critics have long questioned whether grass would actually grow under the stadium’s clear roof. Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry is delighted to prove them wrong.

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### ODT Online Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Hard to grow? Get off the grass
By David Loughrey
Just under four weeks since it was sown, the much-discussed grass at Forsyth Barr Stadium appeared more than ready for the whirling blades of a motor mower last week. And Carisbrook Stadium Trust (CST) chairman Malcolm Farry, clearly remembering those who said turf could not be grown, invited a swag of media to the event, which he described as an “historical moment”.
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Malcolm will continue to rub the faces of the Dunedin public in the so-called grass right through RWC to Elton John, but what then? When does CST sink into the mud, better not lose the tops off those sprinkler taps, Malcolm.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

The long awful admission for our king sport, DVML

### ODT Online Wed, 16 Feb 2011
DVML prepared for declining interest in rugby
By David Loughrey
A decline in interest in attending rugby matches, due in part to “wall-to-wall” television coverage, should not affect revenue at the city’s new stadium, Dunedin Venues Management Ltd (DVML) chief executive David Davies said yesterday. The decline had already been identified and worked into the budgets for Forsyth Barr Stadium, he said.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Report to DCC FSD: CST/PDT

The Dunedin City Council Finance Strategy and Development Committee meets on 07 February 2011

Agenda – FSD – 07/02/2011 (PDF, 32.3 KB, new window) [other reports]

Report – FSD – 07/02/2011 (PDF, 947.5 KB, new window)
Stadium Precinct Executive Summary 12

The average daily workforce at the site had dropped to about 150.

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Subtitled at ODT Online as ‘Behind the scenes at the stadium’ . . .

### ODT Online Sat, 5 Feb 2011
Private sector funding tops $38 million
By David Loughrey
Private sector funding for the Forsyth Barr Stadium, being raised though the sale of seating packages and sponsorship, reached $38.1 million by the end of last year, the latest report on the project says.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Hey, mate . . . #2011RWC

Our thanks and appreciation to Garrick Tremain for contributing this work, previously published in Otago Daily Times on Saturday, 24 January 2011.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

No Fanzone at Octagon

### ODT Online Sat, 22 Jan 2011
Octagon fan zone dropped
By Stu Oldham
Dunedin’s world cup fan zone might be shifted to the Forsyth Barr Stadium after the Dunedin City Council decided yesterday not to have it in the Octagon. Councillors yesterday dropped the $300,000 plan for a sanctioned central-city fan zone in favour of what they hope will be a cheaper option at the new stadium.
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Related Posts:
20.1.11 No final RWC party at new stadium
18.1.11 Is the stadium worth it, to private hospitality spending . . .
15.1.11 DCC Annual Plan 2011/12

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Posted by Elizbaeth Kerr

No final RWC party at new stadium

### ODT Online Thu, 20 Jan 2011
Stadium cup-final party stymied
By Stu Oldham
Plans for a Rugby World Cup final party at Forsyth Barr Stadium have been abandoned because the game, being played at Auckland, cannot be screened live at a commercial event.
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[Can Dunedin afford the fanzone?]

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Bleed out at DCC continues for RWC 2011

### ODT Online Tue, 18 Jan 2011
Another $350,000 for Cup?
By Stu Oldham
Empty shops could be beautified and public transport made free as Dunedin rolls out an increasingly expensive red carpet for visitors during the Rugby World Cup. Council staff want another $350,000 added to the $230,000 that city councillors have already allocated to their Rugby World Cup operational budgets.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Is the stadium worth it, to private hospitality spending during RWC 2011?

OH REALLY, MALCOLM? I THINK WE WERE THE ONES SAYING THAT AGES AGO, AND NOW SOMETHING ABOUT ROOF LEAKS.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry said it was widely telegraphed that the stadium would not make money from the Rugby World Cup.

### ODT Online Tue, 18 Jan 2011
Stadium faces $400,000 loss from three pool matches
By Stu Oldham
Dunedin’s new stadium looks likely to lose $400,000 when it hosts three pool matches for the Rugby World Cup.
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HEY, NEXT YOU’LL TELL US IT WON’T BE READY FOR RWC 2011.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Trains for RWC 2011?

### ODT Online Mon, 10 Jan 2011
Trains part of Cup plan
By Hamish McNeilly
Suburban and inner city trains could be back on Dunedin railway tracks during this year’s Rugby World Cup, it has been revealed. Taieri Gorge Railway chief executive Murray Bond confirmed to the Otago Daily Times the tourism train operator was investigating opportunities during the tournament.

Taieri Gorge [is] yet to talk to rugby officials about the proposal.

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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

Visitor industry hopeful

### ODT Online Sat, 8 Jan 2011
Tourism looks to better times in rugby cup year
By Hamish McNeilly
Dunedin tourism operators are hoping the burgeoning cruise-ship industry, in tandem with the Rugby World Cup’s lure for thousands of people, will be a panacea for the industry this year.
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In a city spending up large on RWC 2011

The sober ODT opens the new year by lobbing in some chasteness…

“The realisation that individuals, families and the country have been living beyond their means has been striking home, and people are reluctant to spend freely.

Efforts to reduce household debt, a long grind for many, have begun.

Similarly, local authority councillors and mayors – notably in Dunedin and Queenstown – have finally recognised the need for frugality and hard spending choices after seemingly believing that money could be spent with abandon.”

Another Dickens story. Thank heavens, the newspaper editor lightens up in the end.

“As Otago faces another challenging year, it is as well to remember the province’s priceless attractions – its beauty, its space, its liveable climate, its agricultural base, its history and its heart.

These characteristics are worth recalling and emphasising as we meet the challenges of 2011.”

ODT Editorial

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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

RWC 2011 ticket sales

### stuff.co.nz Last updated 13:56 16/12/2010
Rugby World Cup NZ’s highest-grossing event
By Michael Fox – The Dominion Post
The Rugby World Cup is still several months away but it is already New Zealand’s highest-ever grossing event, organisers say. Figures released today show 864,000 tickets have been sold, netting organisers $166 million in ticket revenue alone.
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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

University stadium building (Phase 1)

### ODT Online Tue, 9 Nov 2010
University stadium building rises from the dust
By David Loughrey
The Oamaru stone-clad building is expected to house a new Unipol student gymnasium and recreation centre, the Foundation Studies language centre and foundation-year programme, and a cafe for staff, students and the public.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

RWC 2011 – DVML and the maximum seating rule

### ODT Online Wed, 10 Nov 2010
Temporary seats must stay for cup
By David Loughrey
Rugby World Cup rules mean temporary seating at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin will have to be in place for each game of the tournament, whether it is needed or not. That rule will mean an extra cost for Dunedin Venues Management Ltd (DVML), which runs the stadium, as some of the seating will be hired, and high demand for temporary seating during the world cup means prices will be at a premium.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry said using seats from the Carisbrook stadium had been considered, but they were not new and had been subject to “wear and tear”.

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### ODT Online Wed, 10 Nov 2010
Seating supplier to stadium confirmed
By David Loughrey
Seating at Dunedin’s new stadium will be coloured a “speckled” grey, black and white, Dunedin Venues Management Ltd chief executive David Davies said yesterday.
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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

Auckland cleans up

### Auckland Council: Latest news 9/11/2010
Colourful campaign to keep the CBD clean
A hearts and flowers campaign will encourage city businesses to adopt the habit of keeping the inner CBD area clean and rubbish free. Starting this month, Heart of the City and Auckland Council are jointly funding the “Beautify Your City” campaign over the 10 months leading up to Rugby World Cup. The campaign will centre on educating businesses to put out their rubbish and recycling at the correct times and discourage illegal dumping on the inner city streets.
Read more

Information about the campaign can be found on www.hotcity.co.nz

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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

David Kirk, big supporter of stadium

### ODT Online Fri, 22 Oct 2010
Cup offers long-term benefits: Kirk
By Hamish McNeilly
New Zealand could be a winner on and off the pitch at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, former All Black captain David Kirk says.
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Posted by Elizabeth Kerr

DCC Media Release – RWC 2011 Volunteer team

Dunedin City Council
Media Release

Time running out to join RWC 2011 Volunteer team

The deadline is looming for those wanting to put their hand up and join the team of volunteers needed to make Rugby World Cup 2011 the best ever.

Registrations for volunteers close on Friday, 24 September, 2010. Volunteers can indicate their interest and areas of expertise at www.rugbyworldcup.com/volunteer or visit the Dunedin City Library’s Volunteer Registration station.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for people to play their part in making RWC 2011 a success,” said Brendon Ward, Volunteer Manager for Tournament Organisers, Rugby New Zealand 2011.

New Zealand netball legend, Dame Lois Muir, has added her support to the Volunteer recruitment campaign: “This is a great way of getting involved in the city’s RWC efforts – it will be something to tell your grand-children. But you’ll need to be quick as we have to move soon on training up our Volunteer team.”

There are plenty of hosting jobs to apply for in Dunedin, ranging from greeting visitors at Dunedin Airport, drivers and media assistants, to guiding the way on match day.

More than 5000 volunteers are needed across the country to assist the expected 60,000-plus international visitors, along with the playing teams.

Volunteer Ambassador Michael Jones says RWC 2011 will succeed “through the efforts of all New Zealanders.

“We aim to be a nation of four million great hosts, and volunteers will play an important role in helping the country to welcome our guests.”

Dunedin will host three matches: Scotland v. Georgia, Ireland v. Italy and England v. either Uruguay or Romania – (Romania and Uruguay will play-off in November for the last spot in the Cup).

Contact DCC on 477 4000.

Last reviewed: 16 Sep 2010 2:09pm

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Post by Elizabeth Kerr

D Scene – Another ra-ra from CST

### DScene 8-9-10
Details: The finer points (pages 9-11)
Stadium ‘will be on time’
By Mike Houlahan
A year from now, the first 2011 Rugby World Cup game being played in Dunedin will kick off. Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry is adamant the players and spectators will be under cover at the Forsyth Barr Stadium.

“The swings and roundabouts are evening out nicely.”
-Malcom Farry

{continues} #bookmark #bookmark

Note Walls and Hudson have their electioneering ads on pages 9 and 11 respectively. Funny that.

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Post by Elizabeth Kerr