Wellington city establishment 'killed a golden goose event', says PR expert1 NEWS Liam Messam is backing Hamilton to turn on a great event after claiming the Sevens hosting rights from Wellington. The police and the Wellington city establishment killed the "golden goose" sevens – and tournament organisers collaborated, a hospitality PR expert has claimed. "Wellington City Council said that one event injected over $18 million to the city, but within three years of that high point, the crowds had all but disappeared." "The changes made by the sevens organisers and the city establishment directly affected the 'party' atmosphere. Like all event organisers, we needed to abide by the new legislation.

Source: Stuff May 22, 2017 09:16 UTC