The FIFA Women's World Cup has brought a buzz to Aotearoa, with fans getting behind our largest ever sporting event in big numbers.
Attendance records have been broken with one crowd reaching 43, 217 at Eden Park. And the tournament has been good for business, too - international spending has been up by 17 percent in Auckland's CBD in the last fortnight.
Southern Football chief executive and former boss of Otago Chamber of Commerce Dougal McGowan spoke to Corin Dann.
