“The parade broke all records. Christchurch City Council organisers estimated it attracted a crowd of more than 100,000, outstripping the 1995 America’s Cup crowd of 60,000. “The large silver cup rode on the leading vehicle, under the watchful eye of minder Steve Lancaster. With him was captain Todd Blackadder, seeming not to notice placards exhorting him to stand for mayor.” Crean wrote that it took the parade more than an hour to inch its way through the central city, as players and team management shook hands with as many supporters as possible. “Stan Goston, 67, had travelled by rail and ferry from Palmerston North to take his four-year-old nephew, Tim Maddock, to the parade. He left 30 years ago but still supports Canterbury.