Which NZ City Has Made It Onto Monopoly?!

For the first time in history, New Zealand has secured its position on the global Monopoly Here and Now: World Edition board game.     

Queenstown was New Zealand’s only nominated city who competed against 80 cities from around the world all vying for the public vote.   In total, around 4 million votes were received from 182 countries around the world.     

Karlie Fox, Promotions Manager at Hasbro NZ is thrilled with the result ‘we are so proud that so many Kiwis and people around the world voted for Queenstown’.    

Based on the vote, the winning cities that will be featured on the game include:   

MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: World Edition
Dark Blue: Lima, Peru; Hong Kong, China
Green: Riga, Latvia; Lisbon, Portugal; Istanbul, Turkey
Yellow: Warsaw, Poland; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago, Chile
Red: Belfast, Ireland; Athens, Greece; Belgrade, Serbia
Orange: London, England; Moscow, Russia; Tokyo, Japan
Magenta: New York, NY, U.S.A; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Sydney, Australia
Light Blue: Queenstown, New Zealand; Cape Town, South Africa; Taipei, Taiwan
Brown: Giethoorn, Netherlands; Madrid, Spain   

Fans can find the results of the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW property space vote at www.VoteMonopoly.com.    

The Monopoly Here and Now: World Edition board game will be available worldwide for purchase from September and will feature iconic landmark tokens and new gameplay where players race round the board to visit as many locations as possible, collecting passport stamps along the way. Players will collect cash from visitor fees when opponents land on their locations and the first player to fill their passport wins.