Rugby Union

My partner & I were supposed to be over in 2020; visiting her family & then doing a roadie around the top, but something happened that year, I forget what.

Unlike European Rugby NZR schedule test matches all around the country, usually based on how many people they think a match will attract. It's hard to say now given how Aussie have fallen so far and Scotland have risen so much in the rankings, but it would have been Scotland in say Dunedin back in the day. In terms of an actual building, that ground is top 2 for Rugby (along with Rugby Park in Hamilton) in NZ.

Other than Christchurch's current temporary stadium, all the other big ones - Eden Park, Wellington, pre earthquake Lancaster Park etc are multi purpose grounds so because of the space requirements for cricket you can end up a long way from the sidelines in a footie game.

More & more though NZR are scheduling games at Eden Park just financially it makes sense I suppose. They do risk saturating the market a bit, and further pissing off us provincials - but until Christchurch gets a 45k+ stadium only Wellington really has a stadium + population that can compete with Auckland.