The next edition of the Global Youth Sevens gets underway this weekend, a tournament that continues to grow in popularity every year and has produced some of the game's biggest names.
With 52 teams competing, the event is as big as ever, with plans to go offshore.
The final touches are being put to the King's College turf, as organisers brace for their biggest tournament yet. Twenty-four of the entries are international, with more than 10 nations represented.
"There's a real movement among sevens and youth," says tournament director Phil Gaze. "People want to come down to New Zealand and test themselves against the best.
"We've got inquiries from all around the world now, from teams wanting to come."
For good reason, with this tournament a proven breeding ground for future stars. All Blacks Emoni Narawa, Hoskins Sotutu and Caleb Clarke, Black Ferns Sevens star Jorja Miller are among more than 50 professional players who have come through the global sevens pathway.
Understandably, it's garnering plenty of interest.
"More and more team are wanting to come and test themselves to develop their high performance programmes, and to take on Australia and New Zealand, who are the leaders in sevens globally," said Gaze.
The NZ U18 team may just feature the next star.
The grounds of Kings College are a world away from the farm in Taranaki, but rugby is Louise Blyde's life.
"I've been playing since I was little, like, five years old," she said. "I've been playing my whole life and just getting through school... sevens has been a big part of school."
Sevens is in her blood. Louise is the second cousin of Black Ferns Sevens star Michaela Blyde.
"It's great to have her as an idol, and just be able to talk to her and stuff," she said.
Gaze has his sights set high, keen to take the tournament international.
"We'd like to look at one in the States, probably in the middle of the year," he said.
If the current growth is anything to go by, he should have little trouble achieving that.
