Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

Unity Pitch in Napier bringing people together ahead of Vietnam-NZ football clash

Hawkes Bay Today
10 Jul, 2023 03:45 AMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
People were enjoying the Fifa Unity football pitch set up at the Sound Shell on Monday. Photo / Paul Taylor

People were enjoying the Fifa Unity football pitch set up at the Sound Shell on Monday. Photo / Paul Taylor

Riding on the football fever of the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023, the Unity Pitch set up at Napier’s Sound Shell hosted tots’ games, teachers against students, blind football, a futsal skill centre and public free time to use the pitch.

The Havelock North Wanderers Club Sparks Grade 12 girls’ team were the first to enjoy it after winning an NZME radio competition.

The Ford Football Ferns players themselves will do a meet-and-greet and signing with fans at the Unity Pitch on Tuesday, July 11 from 2pm to 3pm.

Napier City Council event manager Kevin Murphy said in a statement it was “absolutely fantastic” to have the Unity Pitch at Napier.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

“Football is all about bringing people together, from all walks of life, and I think it’s just what Napier needs after a challenging start to the year,” Murphy said.

Jacko Robertson, seven, playing footy on the Unity Pitch. Photo / Paul Taylor
Jacko Robertson, seven, playing footy on the Unity Pitch. Photo / Paul Taylor

“We’re really fortunate to have the Unity Pitch as it is generally only going to cities hosting World Cup games, but Fifa have kindly made it happen for Napier too.”

Other activities lined up for the pitch on Tuesday will include Napier City Council playing against Central Football, junior-only mini-games and girls-only mini-games.

Save
    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today

Public or private? Parents end up in court spat over daughter's schooling

Hawkes Bay Today

Plasterboard recycling trial a success: 'Exactly the result we were aiming for'

Hawkes Bay Today

'Trusted faces': Push for Māori warden volunteers for future natural disasters


Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Public or private? Parents end up in court spat over daughter's schooling
Hawkes Bay Today

Public or private? Parents end up in court spat over daughter's schooling

The primary-aged girl told her lawyer that her father 'wasn't listening to Mummy'.

16 Aug 10:51 PM
Plasterboard recycling trial a success: 'Exactly the result we were aiming for'
Hawkes Bay Today

Plasterboard recycling trial a success: 'Exactly the result we were aiming for'

16 Aug 06:00 PM
'Trusted faces': Push for Māori warden volunteers for future natural disasters
Hawkes Bay Today

'Trusted faces': Push for Māori warden volunteers for future natural disasters

15 Aug 06:00 PM


Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet
Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

10 Aug 09:12 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP