Okara Park, Whangarei
The traditional home to rugby in Northland
Friday 12 August 2011 17:51, UK
The ground hosted the historic New Zealand Maori and the New Zealand Barbarians clash in 2010.
The ground is the traditional home to rugby in Northland since 1965 - although it recently underwent a major redevelopment to become a multi-function events centre. Okara Park has been the host of a number of Tests in the past, while Northland have played the British and Irish Lions, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji there. The New Zealand Maori and the New Zealand Barbarians clashed at the ground in 2010 in a match which was effectively an All Blacks trial game.