High school and primary school pupils who watched Argentina compete against South Africa on the world stage were greeted by a throng of diehard Argentina fans among the crowd of 8834.
The atmosphere was electric, full of culture and excitement.
"We’ve got a lot of very keen kids who have not gone to something big like this before.
"A lot of them haven’t even been to the stadium, so this is the perfect opportunity to show our support."
She said the pupils painted signs, bought flags and even learnt a few chants including, "Vamos, vamos Argentina".
"We believe that learning can happen anywhere and why would you not come to a World Cup event on our back door step.
"This is our classroom today."
About 850 high school pupils attended an invite-only rangatahi (youth) session from the Equalize programme, an equity discussion series celebrating women in sport, business, culture, and society led by cultural commentator Alex Casey.
"Watching men’s football, it’s cool ... whereas seeing women’s football it’s, like, I could do that, I could be there," Arnica said.
The pupils received tickets from the Dunedin City Council and Fifa.
