Giant rugby ball in Sydney

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Tourism New Zealand's Giant Rugby Ball has landed in Sydney, where it will spend the next week.

The ball - which can accommodate about 200 people - has been travelling the world to promote next year's Rugby World Cup, as well as promoting New Zealand's clean and green image.

The ball, which is 25m long, 17m wide and 13m high, has already been to London, Tokyo and Paris, where it attracted about 25,000 people.