The Trusts Arena is an
indoor arena
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located in
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Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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. It is a
multi-purpose stadium
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that primarily holds sports events and music concerts. The Arena was opened by then Prime Minister of New Zealand
Helen Clark
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on 11 September 2004. It holds 4,901 people. Adjacent to the stadium is an outdoor
athletics
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facility known as the Douglas Track and Field, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.
The sporting complex has been the home of many sporting teams, with the current arena tenant being the
Northern Mystics
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of the
ANZ Championship
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. Clubs based at the adjacent Douglas Track and Field include Waitakere City Athletics Club, Waitakere Rugby Club, and
Waitakere United
Waitakere United was a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They were one of the franchises in the ISPS Handa Premiership. They played their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu and The Trusts Arena.
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of the
New Zealand Football Championship
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.
Douglas Track and Field
The outdoor stadium attached to The Trusts Arena is known as the Douglas Track and Field.
The facility currently caters for
athletics
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, rugby and
association football
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. Waitakere City Athletic Club, Waitakere Rugby Club and
Waitakere United
Waitakere United was a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They were one of the franchises in the ISPS Handa Premiership. They played their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu and The Trusts Arena.
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are based at the stadium. The stadium is used as the training ground for the
All Blacks
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when preparing for matches in Auckland. The stadium was home to the now-defunct rugby league team
Waitakere Rangers
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of the
Bartercard Cup
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competition, and has also served as a training ground for the
New Zealand Warriors
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of the
NRL
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. The stadium also hosted the 2010 Australasian Gaelic Games.
Notable performances
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All Hope Is Gone World Tour
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on 22 October 2008.
*
Grammy Nominated
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and
American Idol Runner Up Adam Lambert
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play his first New Zealand show, with his
Glam Nation Tour
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on 17 October 2010.
*
Glam rock
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Legend
Alice Cooper
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played a show with his
No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour on 22 September 2011, then returned as part of his
Spend the Night with Alice Cooper Tour
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on 27 October 2017.
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One Direction
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played their first headlining tour in New Zealand, with their
Up All Night Tour
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on 21 April 2012 respectively.
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Take That
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played their first shows in New Zealand, in Auckland and Wellington, with their
Wonderland Live
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Tour arriving here on 22 November 2017.
*
The Prodigy
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played their last gig on 5 February 2019 with frontman
Keith Flint
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before his death on 4 March 2019.
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Joker Xue
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, a Chinese singer-songwriter, played his first New Zealand show, headlining the arena as part of his Skyscraper World Tour on 4 April 2019.
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Post Malone
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, American hip-hop artist, played his first New Zealand show on January 15, 2018. The show was moved to Trusts Arena from a smaller venue as tickets initially sold out in minutes.
Boxing
The Trusts Arena has hosted over more than a dozen of notable boxing events from various promotions, including Duco Events and Super 8. This venue has been so popular for boxing promoters that it has earned the title of ''New Zealand's Home of Boxing'' and ''New Zealand's Boxing Arena''. The arena has its own boxing gym, called Arena Boxing.
Notable fights
* 16 April 2016: Kali Reis vs. Maricela Cornejo for the vacant
WBC
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world female middleweight title. Also featured on the card were
Melissa St. Vil vs Baby Nansen and
Ronica Jeffrey
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World Championship Bout ...
vs
Gentiane Lupi
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, both for WBC silver titles in their respective weight divisions. This was the first time in history that one of the four major boxing sanctioning bodies held a world title fight in New Zealand.
* 15 October 2015:
Joseph Parker fought and defeated
Kali Meehan
Kalivati Gerald Meehan (born 9 March 1970) is an Australian professional boxer of Fijian people, Fijian descent. He turned pro after a career in rugby league. His son Willis Meehan plays rugby league and boxes.
Amateur career
Before becoming ...
for the
WBO
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Oriental & African heavyweight title, vacant
WBA Oceania &
PABA heavyweight title and vacant
WBC
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Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council heavyweight &
OPBF
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heavyweight title.
* 16 October 2014:
Joseph Parker defeated
Sherman Williams while retaining the
WBA -
PABA and
WBO
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Oriental heavyweight titles.
* 4 June 2014:
Kali Meehan
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Amateur career
Before becoming ...
won the first Super 8 Tournament. This heavyweight tournament involved highly credentialed boxers like
Michael Sprott
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,
Hasim Rahman
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,
Alonzo Butler
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Professional record
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,
Lawrence Tauasa
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Ea ...
and
Martin Rogan
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.
* 14 December 2013:
Brian Minto
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Professional career
Minto turned pro in 2002 and won his first 8 ...
Defeated
Shane Cameron
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for the Vacant
WBO
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Oriental heavyweight title.
* 13 June 2013:
Joseph Parker Defeated
Frans Botha
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. On the same night
Arlene Blencowe
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defeated
Daniella Smith
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for the Vacant WIBA and WBF women's world titles.
* 31 March 2010:
David Tua
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defeated
Friday Ahunanya
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Amateur career
* 1994: World Cup, ...
while retaining the
WBO
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Asia Pacific & Oriental heavyweight titles.
See also
*
List of indoor arenas in New Zealand
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References
External links
The Trusts Arena homepageArena Fitness and Boxing Gym homepage
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2004 establishments in New Zealand
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Defunct National Basketball League (Australia) venues
Netball venues in New Zealand
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New Zealand Breakers
Boxing venues in New Zealand
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Waitakere United
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