Michael Jones autographs Mangere resident John Latoa's shirt. Photo / Jason Dorday
When All Black greats visit your street you grab whatever you can find for them to sign: flags, rugby balls, T-shirts - even a pink ukulele.
And that's exactly what happened when Michael Jones, Joe Stanley, John Kirwan, AJ Whetton, Buck Shelford, Grant Fox, David Kirk and former coach John
Hart surprised the residents of Asics Drive in Mangere to help celebrate being named New Zealand's "best dressed street" in a World Cup 2011 competition.
At a street party yesterday, the street was enveloped by an impressive array of flags, balloons and all-round enthusiasm.
Residents cheered when the household names arrived. The children performed a rousing haka before lining up to shake hands with the visitors then excitedly joined the back of the line to shake hands again.
Streets from Northland to the West Coast entered the competition but Asics Drive, which even boasted goal posts, was the winner on the day.
