Sport And The New Zealanders

Author : Greg Ryan
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776710045
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport and the New Zealanders written by Greg Ryan and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of New Zealanders and the sports that we have made our own, from the Māori world to today’s professional athletes. '. . . those two mighty products of the land, the Canterbury lamb and the All Blacks, have made New Zealand what she is in spite of politicians’ claims to the contrary’, wrote Dick Brittenden in 1954. ‘For many in New Zealand, prowess at sport replaces the social graces; in the pubs, during the furious session between 5pm and closing time an hour later, the friend of a relative of a horse trainer is a veritable patriarch. No matador in Madrid, no tenor in Turin could be sure of such flattering attention.’ Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really ‘punch above our weight’ in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life.

Author : Damion Sturm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000528472
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport in Aotearoa New Zealand written by Damion Sturm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book investigates the sporting traditions, successes, systems, "terrains" and contemporary issues that underpin sport in New Zealand, also known by its Māori name of Aotearoa. The book unpacks some of the "cliches" around the place, prominence and impact of sport and recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand in order to better understand the country’s sporting history, cultures, institutions and systems, as well as the relationship between sport and different sections of society in the country. Exploring traditional sports such as rugby and cricket, indigenous Māori sport, outdoor recreation and contemporary lifestyle and adventure sports such as marching and parkour, the book examines the contested and conflicting societal, geographical and managerial issues facing contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand sport. Essential reading for anybody with a particular interest in sport in Aotearoa New Zealand, this book is also illuminating reading for anybody working in the sociology of sport, sport development, sport management, sport history or the wider history, politics and culture of Aotearoa New Zealand or the South Pacific.

Author : Greg Ryan
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776710061
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport and the New Zealanders written by Greg Ryan and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of New Zealanders and the sports that we have made our own, from the Maori world to today’s professional athletes.‘. . . those two mighty products of the land, the Canterbury lamb and the All Blacks, have made New Zealand what she is in spite of politicians’ claims to the contrary’, wrote Dick Brittenden in 1954. ‘For many in New Zealand, prowess at sport replaces the social graces; in the pubs, during the furious session between 5pm and closing time an hour later, the friend of a relative of a horse trainer is a veritable patriarch. No matador in Madrid, no tenor in Turin could be sure of such flattering attention.’ As Brittenden suggested, sport has played a central part in the social and cultural history of Aotearoa New Zealand throughout its history. This book tells the story of sport in New Zealand for the first time, from the Maori world to today’s professional athletes. Through rugby and netball, bodybuilding and surf lifesaving, the book introduces readers to the history of the codes, the organisations and the players. It takes us into the stands and on to the sidelines to examine the meaning of sport to its participants, its followers, and to the communities to which they belonged. Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Maori played in our sporting life? Do we really ‘punch above our weight’ in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life.

Author : Kirstin Hallmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461489059
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Sport Development written by Kirstin Hallmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to provide an overview of perspectives and approaches to sports development focusing on sport systems, sport participation and public policy towards sports. It includes twelve European countries covering all regions of Europe and eleven countries from around the globe. The objective is to present an overview of the diversity of approaches taken to sport development, focusing on the different sport systems and how sport is financed, the underlying applications of sport policy and how it is reflected in sport participation. This book takes a comparative approach which is reflected in each chapter following a similar structure. The diversity of sports systems in Europe and other continents and their (historical) context is shown. Thereby a range of policy approaches underpinning sport development around the world are presented, making it of interest to both academics and policy-makers concerned with sports economics and policy.

Author : Linda Trenberth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780864693358
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport Business Management in New Zealand written by Linda Trenberth and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revision of the editors' earlier publication Sport management in New Zealand : an introduction (1994), taking into account major changes in the sport industry and its social context since that publication -- Preface.

Author : Chris Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780190128890
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand Society written by Chris Collins and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ron Palenski
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1775588130
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rugby: A New Zealand History written by Ron Palenski and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rugby is New Zealand's national sport. From the grand tour by the 1888 Natives to the upcoming 2015 World Cup, from games in the North African desert in the Second World War to matches behind barbed wire during the 1981 Springbok tour, from grassroots club rugby to heaving crowds outside Eden Park, Lancaster Park, Athletic Park or Carisbrook, New Zealanders have made rugby their game. In this book, historian and former journalist Ron Palenski tells the full story of rugby in New Zealand for the first time. It is a story of how the game travelled from England and settled in the colony, how Maori and later Pacific players made rugby their own, how battles over amateurism and apartheid threatened the sport, how national teams, provinces and local clubs shaped it. The story of rugby is New Zealand's story. Rooted in extensive research in public and private archives and newspapers, and highly illustrated with many rare photographs and ephemera, this book is the defining history of rugby in a land that has made the game its own.

Author : GREG RYAN;GEOFF WATSON.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781776710058
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport and the New Zealanders written by GREG RYAN;GEOFF WATSON. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life"--Publisher information.

Author : Elizabeth Toomey
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403505575
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sports Law in New Zealand written by Elizabeth Toomey and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2023-05-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in New Zealand deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports law and its own national and local sports organizations. Sports law at a national or organizational level thus gains a growing relevance in comparative law. The book describes and discusses both state-created rules and autonomous self-regulation regarding the variety of economic, social, commercial, cultural, and political aspects of sports activities. Self- regulation manifests itself in the form of by-laws, and encompasses organizational provisions, disciplinary rules, and rules of play. However, the trend towards more professionalism in sports and the growing economic, social and cultural relevance of sports have prompted an increasing reliance on legal rules adopted by public authorities. This form of regulation appears in a variety of legal areas, including criminal law, labour law, commercial law, tax law, competition law, and tort law, and may vary following a particular type or sector of sport. It is in this dual and overlapping context that such much-publicized aspects as doping, sponsoring and media, and responsibility for injuries are legally measured. This monograph fills a gap in the legal literature by giving academics, practitioners, sports organizations, and policy makers access to sports law at this specific level. Lawyers representing parties with interests in New Zealand will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative sports law.

Author : Joseph Chadwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Men of Mark in the World of Sport in New Zealand written by Joseph Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portraits and a biography of each person.