Chairman of the Hawaii bid also lashed the NZRU tournament bidding process:
“We’ve got a facility and stadiums, it’s just a matter of getting the big tick to go ahead,” Atiga told Newshub.
“What we need is something in writing that says a five-year licence, so our investor groups and our sponsors can say ‘great, we’re on board’.
“The bidding process was difficult because we only had an eight-day turnaround to put together a bid.”
Atiga also laid into NZR’s poor communication during the process, saying: “During the eight weeks we’ve been negotiating back and forth, I don’t think there’s been much transparency around which group progressed and which group hasn’t.
“From what we know we’ve all progressed, and that’s a bit of a strange one for a tender bid … It’s been shady and secretive between us and them.”
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