Ben Kennings: Surfing NZ CEO on the World Surf League event at Raglan's Manu Bay

The World Surf League event at Raglan’s Manu Bay has wrapped after 11 days of competition.  It’s being labelled as a massive success, with organisers hitting capacity crowds of 6500 onlookers.   The event came to New Zealand’s shores in late January, supported by the Government’s $40 million Events Attraction Package.  Surfing NZ CEO Ben Kennings told Mike Hosking the purpose of the package is to get eyeballs from around the world looking at New Zealand, and the funding also helped inspire New Zealand surfers.   He says that the people who came down to Manu Bay throughout the event was pretty amazing, and probably exceeded expectations.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.