Rugby World Cup

NZTRI partnered with Paymark, New Zealand's leading provider of electronic payments provider in a research investigating how the 2011 Rugby World Cup impacted on expenditure patterns of New Zealand residents and international visitors using bank level data on credit cards etc. It enabled us to look at pre-and post economic impacts.

Twelve months following the completion of the Rugby World Cup, the final phase of data collection for Geoff Dickson's study of Rugby World Cup volunteers was complete.  The study was a longitudinal study of event volunteers.  Key variables in the study included expectations, motivations, satisfaction and behavioural intentions towards sport participation and volunteerism, and perceived employability.  The final report was submitted to Sport New Zealand in December.