VIDEO: Football fever takes over Auckland as Women’s World Cup nears its end

More girls and boys want to play football for the first time, pubs and restaurants are trading at midsummer levels and organisers say the New Zealand economy is $200 million better off.

These are the immediate benefits to New Zealand from co-hosting the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, according to a report on 1News.

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