Five Highlanders - Ben Smith, Jimmy Cowan, Adam Thomson, Jarrad Hoeata and Colin Slade - should take the park tonight when the All Blacks play Fiji.
It will be the largest number of Highlanders playing a test at Carisbrook for 10 years.
Thirty-seven tests involving the All Blacks have been played at Carisbrook since it first hosted a test 103 years ago.
The ground was farewelled in test style last year, when the All Blacks thumped the Welsh, but the national side has come back unexpectedly one final time.
The All Blacks wanted a warm-up game for the Tri-Nations and with the national union keen to raise money for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake, and play in the South Island at least once this year, Carisbrook became the host for tonight's match.
Ticket sales have been slow but have picked up over the past couple of days, with more than 12,500 having been sold by late yesterday.
Otago Rugby Football Union marketing manager Doug McSweeney is hoping for a crowd of about 17,000.
Today's weather was expected to be cloudy, with a few showers, although they may clear tonight.
