In The Lions' Den: Long may the Lions tour continue

Lions fans celebrating their victory over the All Blacks.

Herald reporter Cam Carpenter travelled to Wellington in a Maui campervan following the Lions fans. This is his latest report.

There's no place like Wellington when the All Blacks are in town and on a cold wet and windy day the vibe was still pumping in the lead-up to the second test.

For the All Blacks fans, the Lions 24-21 victory was one no one was predicting.

For the Lions fans, this is the magic they could only dream of when they travelled all this way for the tour. It is only the second Lions victory in New Zealand in 40 years, and the last occasion the All Blacks lost on a home ground was to South Africa in 2009.

With speculation brewing this week about it being the last Lions tour ever, the win well and truly quashes this theory as the Red Army show us they can beat the best in the world.

This tour is a huge boost for the Kiwi economy and businesses love it. In Wellington alone, the Lions supporters injected more than $30 million dollars into the region's economy.

The biggest winner is the hospitality sector - which is seeing a massive injection of cash. All weekend the bars have been heaving, and it's hard to get a table at cafes across the city.

Wellington hosts a brilliant party and all week in the lead-up to the Test activities have been keeping Lions supporters busy and raving about the Kiwi hospitality.

This huge cash injection into the New Zealand economy lasts an entire month, and the great thing about this tour is it is not just Auckland that benefits. From Christchurch to Rotorua, the Lions supporters are spending big

But the greatest part of this tour is the energy and passion that the fans bring to the towns they are visiting.

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Posted by nzherald.co.nz on Friday, 30 June 2017

Into the early hours of the morning last night, the chorus of the red army echoed across Wellington. No doubt there will be a few hangovers this morning.

• The campervan is provided by Maui, who had no control over editorial coverage.