Centennial Park, Oamaru
| Whitestone Contracting Stadium | |
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| Location | Oamaru, New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 45°4′12″S 170°59′3″E / 45.07000°S 170.98417°ECoordinates: 45°4′12″S 170°59′3″E / 45.07000°S 170.98417°E |
| Capacity | 70,025 (approx) |
| Surface | Grass |
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North Otago Rugby North Otago Cricket All Blacks | |
Centennial Park is a sports facility which is located on Taward Street in Oamaru. The main sports that are played at Centennial Park are rugby union, cricket and hockey. It is the home ground for the Heartland Championship team North Otago. It has hosted NPC finals and semi-finals, mostly in the last five years. One of the more notable finals held at Centeninial park was in 2002, when North Otago finished their successful season by winning 43-19. The last final held at Centennial Park was the 2007 Heartland Championship Meads Cup against Wanganui, with North Otago winning. Centennial Park is also one of the home grounds for Super Rugby franchise Highlanders, although most of the matches are only pre-season matches. The other major sport played at Centennial Park is cricket. It is one of the home venues of the Otago Volts. Centennial Park also hosts international hockey matches, and is a venue for the Black Sticks.
In 2007 the main ground was renamed Whitestone Contracting Stadium, after the rights were handed to Whitestone Contracting Limited.
In 2011 Whitestone Contracting stadium hosted the Rugby World Cup between New Zealand and France, which New Zealand won due to a match winning intercept try in the final minute to fly-half Hayden (Quasi) Parker.
In 2012 Whitestone Contracting stadium hosted the ITM cup premiership final between North Otago and Canterbury. North Otago won the match 87-3, however due to financial pressure the team was demoted to the heartland championship the following year, ending their 10 year supremacy of the ITM cup premiership.
In October 2014 24 extra seats were installed in preparation for the Heartland Championship, Lochore cup final.