When Jack Fairclough was 6 years old, his father took him to his first live football match - he's been hooked on the sport ever since.
The 24-year-old, who describes himself as "football mad", will be one of several local fans glued to their television screens over the next month as the 2014 Fifa World Cup gets under way.
Of the 64 matches in the tournament, many will be screened in New Zealand in the early hours of the morning, some as early as 4am.
But Mr Fairclough is unfazed by the early starts and is determined to watch most of the games involving a total of 32 countries.
About two years ago, he moved to Rotorua from his hometown of Liverpool, where he was raised by a football-loving family.