{"id":4008,"date":"2023-07-05T07:06:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T06:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2023-07-23T01:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T00:05:11","slug":"the-ball-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ball in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ball has finally reached New Zealand! A lot of activities are planned in Aotearoa, one of the highlights being The ball finally reaching the FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup Opening Game on July 20th at Eden Park!<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1040\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:16,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/theball.tv\\\/2022\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/05\\\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:false}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1040px; height: 294px;\" data-original-width=\"1040\" data-original-height=\"294\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 520px; height: 294px;\" data-original-width=\"520\" data-original-height=\"294\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\/20230706_111152\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"516\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"290\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4019\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1688641913&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230706_111152\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-320x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152.jpg 900w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-553x311.jpg 553w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230706_111152-618x347.jpg 618w\" width=\"516\" height=\"290\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"516\" data-original-height=\"290\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20230706_111152\" alt=\"Workshop at the Fencibles United AFC Holiday Camp\" style=\"width: 516px; height: 290px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Workshop at the Fencibles United AFC Holiday Camp <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 520px; height: 294px;\" data-original-width=\"520\" data-original-height=\"294\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\/20230718_124522\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"516\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"290\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4020\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1689684322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230718_124522\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-320x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522.jpg 900w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-553x311.jpg 553w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230718_124522-618x347.jpg 618w\" width=\"516\" height=\"290\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"516\" data-original-height=\"290\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20230718_124522\" alt=\"The NZ National Team, the Football Ferns, meeting The Ball\" style=\"width: 516px; height: 290px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The NZ National Team, the Football Ferns, meeting The Ball <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1040px; height: 294px;\" data-original-width=\"1040\" data-original-height=\"294\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 520px; height: 294px;\" data-original-width=\"520\" data-original-height=\"294\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\/20230721_103617\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"516\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"290\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4021\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1689935778&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230721_103617\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-320x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617.jpg 900w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-553x311.jpg 553w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230721_103617-618x347.jpg 618w\" width=\"516\" height=\"290\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"516\" data-original-height=\"290\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20230721_103617\" alt=\"The Ball at Stanhope Road School\" style=\"width: 516px; height: 290px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Ball at Stanhope Road School <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 520px; height: 294px;\" data-original-width=\"520\" data-original-height=\"294\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\/20230720_184435\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"516\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"290\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4018\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1689878675&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230720_184435\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Ball at the Opening Ceremony of the FIFa Women&amp;#8217;s World Cup on July 20, 2023&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-320x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435.jpg 900w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-553x311.jpg 553w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230720_184435-618x347.jpg 618w\" width=\"516\" height=\"290\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"516\" data-original-height=\"290\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20230720_184435\" alt=\"20230720_184435\" style=\"width: 516px; height: 290px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Here is the rest of the schedule for New Zealand Aotearoa:<\/p>\n<p>July 6th Thursday: Fencibles United AFC, William Green Domain, Howick, East <strong>Auckland<\/strong>. Workshop for 25 girls (9 to 12 years old) from 9am to 3:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>July 8th Saturday: Migrant Expo Festival (Claudelands, <strong>Hamilton<\/strong>). Pledges and ball signings \u2013 10:30am to 2:30pm (tbc).<\/p>\n<p>July 10th: Fairplay Football workshop in with the Colombian Community in Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>July 12th Wednesday: North Shore United FC Holiday Camp (<strong>Auckland<\/strong>). Workshop (9am to 3pm).<\/p>\n<p>July 14th Friday: All Blacks Final Training before South Africa Test Match. Meet and greet \u2013 statements and pledges form selected All Blacks (<strong>Auckland<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>July 15th Saturday: Matariki Multicultural Tree Planting Event with Earth Diverse next to the Hamilton Zoo (<strong>Hamilton<\/strong>). Fair Play Football session + ball signings and pledges (9:30am &#8211; 1:30pm). + All Blacks v South Africa Test Match (<strong>Auckland<\/strong>). 7:30pm kick-off<\/p>\n<p>July 17th Monday: Takapuna Grammar School Sports Leaders Workshop (30 kids, Takapuna, Auckland): 1:30pm to 3:30pm @ Takapuna Grammar School, <strong>Auckland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">July 18 Tuesday: Meet and greet with the Football Ferns at 12:30 at Keith Hay Park, Mt. Roskill, <strong>Auckland<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>July 19th and 20th: Linfield College (<strong>Auckland<\/strong>). 2-day sustainability + gender equality workshop with 25 pupils: 9am to 3pm<\/p>\n<p>July 20th Thursday: FIFA World Cup Opening Match New Zealand v Norway &#8211; Eden Park (<strong>Auckland<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>July 21st Friday: Stanhope Rd Primary School (Ellerslie, <strong>Auckland<\/strong>). Visit all classes for pledges and signatures + end with full assembly presentation: 9am to 3pm.<\/p>\n<p>July 22nd Saturday: FIFA World Cup match USA v Vietnam (Eden Park, <strong>Auckland<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>July 25th Tuesday: \u200b\u200bMeeting with Tory Whanau, Mayor of Wellington, at 1pm at Wellington City Council for signature and pledge + FIFA World Cup Match New Zealand v Philippines (<strong>Wellington<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>July 26th Wednesday: Wellington Girls College (<strong>Wellington<\/strong>). Several smaller workshop sessions in classrooms and in the school gym. German Ambassador to New Zealand to attend, sign <em>The Ball<\/em> and make a pledge: 9am to 3:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>July 28 Friday: Presentation at Auckland Grammar School Assembly, Andrew&#8217;s former high school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ball has finally reached New Zealand! A lot of activities are planned in Aotearoa, one of the highlights being The ball finally reaching the FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup Opening Game on July 20th at Eden Park! Here is the&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/the-ball-in-new-zealand\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":4009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[54],"class_list":["post-4008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-ball"],"acf":[],"geo":{"latitude":-40.9005585000000024820110411383211612701416015625,"longitude":174.88597110000000611762516200542449951171875,"description":"New Zealand"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/20230704_145933-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4008"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4024,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4008\/revisions\/4024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4008"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}