Welcoming home the All Blacks...

This morning the All Blacks arrived at Auckland Airport (which happens to be in Mangere) just a few minutes from where I live and many had been there for ages to await their beloved heroes return back to home turf. This video shows the welcome haka they received on the tarmac with many Pacific and Maori airport staff showing their pride in the boys coming home.

Funnily enough, it was pouring rain this morning and my youngest's Early childhood class were going to go into town to Victoria market to hopefully catch a glimpse of these national heroes along with an estimated 60,000 people who were expected to turn up. I must say that I was glad when the trip was cancelled as with that amount of people, you wouldn't want to lose a child in that crowd.

So now the sun is shining and there's a lot of video footage all over Facebook and through the various media of the ticker tape parade and various places that the boys are showing up around Auckland. This is going to be repeated in Christchurch tomorrow (South Island) and then on Friday in Wellington (the capital). Sorry Dunedin but maybe next time...