That hoopy is designed to strike fear into the hearts of all opposing Australian sides who face it.
Note the undulating grey waves,reminicent of the ice-flecked, southerly-churned harbour approach, where striped sky and sea are merged in one menacing blanket of grey as they swoop and dip on approach into Wellington Airport. Brrrrrrr!!!
"We got the wind the rain and the hoopy! Wellington is Wonderful!