Glory at what price?
Will hosting the Rugby World Cup be a good deal for New Zealand?
By C.H.
ONE week into the Rugby World Cup, New Zealand has lived up to its claim to be a “stadium of four million”. A spectacular opening ceremony in Auckland on September 9th saw massed formations of Maori warriors stomp out the haka war dance, while a fleet of waka (war canoes) filled the Waitemata harbor. (A plan to run a parade of sheep down Auckland's main thoroughfare later in the tournament has thankfully been scrapped). John Key, the country's genial prime minister, even gave us a Bushism (1:33).
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