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Hundreds of thousands of people across the country benefitted from the government’s leverage and legacy programme for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™.

The inaugural Women’s British and Irish Lions Tour will receive $3.9 million from the government’s Major Events Fund to support matches played across New Zealand in September 2027, offering significant economic, social and cultural benefits to Aotearoa New Zealand.

An impact evaluation report released today confirms the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ delivered more than New Zealand hoped for and was hugely successful across all key measures, says MBIE New Zealand Major Events Manager Kylie Hawker-Green.

New Zealand co-hosted the most successful FIFA Women’s World Cup ever, with over 700,000 people attending matches in New Zealand and almost 2 million fans attending matches in New Zealand and Australia.

Details of changes to the Government’s investment in the screen sector were released today, designed to support quality productions that generate economic and cultural benefits for New Zealand.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has opened consultation on a review into anti-competitive land agreements across the wider economy.

The Digital Boost platform has hit another milestone with over 60,000 registered users, offering small kiwi businesses digital expertise at their fingertips.

The Government is making improvements to the New Zealand Screen Production Grant.

The Government has today released the Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP), to transform and grow Aotearoa New Zealand’s digital technologies sector.

With less than 4 months to go until the opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 at Eden Park on 20 July, work is well underway across government to ensure the social and economic benefits of co-hosting one of the world’s largest women’s sporting events are locked in.