Research Completed

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Permanent Play Facilities in School Playgrounds as a determinant of children's activity
		    
		    

		    


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Nielsen, G., Taylor, R. W., Williams, S. M., Mann, J. I.

		    
		    
		    



		    
The study’s aim was to investigate whether the number of permanent playground facilities in schools influences objectively measured physical activity. Results showed that the number of... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Do elite sports systems mean more Olympic medals?
		    
		    

		    


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Martin, S., Arin, K. P., Palakshappa, N. N. & Chetty, S.

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this paper the authors use the original data set of Bernard & Busse with the addition of a new dummy variable for countries with elite sports systems to determine the effect of these systems... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Active video games: The mediating effect of aerobic fitness on body composition
		    
		    

		    


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Maddison, R., Mhurchu, C. N., Jull, A., Prapavessis, H., Foley, L., Jiang, Y.

		    
		    
		    



		    
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Increased understanding of why and how physical activity impacts on health outcomes is needed to increase the effectiveness of physical activity interventions. A recent randomized... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Athletes doing it for themselves : self-coaching experiences of New Zealand olympians
		    
		    

		    


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Bradbury, P. E.

		    
		    
		    



		    
Self-coaching in sport (athletes coaching themselves) is a little understood concept. It has not been researched or written about by academics to any great extent although practitioners from both the... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Psychological preparation of athletes for the Olympic context: The New Zealand Summer and Winter Olympic Teams.
		    
		    

		    


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Hodge, K. & Hermansson, G.

		    
		    
		    



		    
The article discusses the psychological preparation of athletes from New Zealand who will participate in the Summer and Winter Olympic teams. The four-year cycle of the Olympic Games provide athletes... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Gendered coaching: The impact of gender on roles and qualities of elite women's field hockey coaches
		    
		    

		    


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Edwards, M. F.

		    
		    
		    



		    
Field hockey in New Zealand is gender balanced in terms of numbers of female and male participants, but gender biased towards males, in terms of coaching appointments. The trend towards men... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Physical activity, sedentariness, and body fatness in a sample of 6-year-old Pacific children
		    
		    

		    


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Oliver, M., Schluter, P. J., Rush, E., Schofield, G. M. & Paterson, J.

		    
		    
		    



		    
Pacific children living in New Zealand exhibit considerably higher rates of overweight and obesity than their non-Pacific peers. The study aim was to identify physical activity and sedentary... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Health and Pacific Peoples in New Zealand (Third Report in the Pacific Progress series)
		    
		    

		    


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Statistics New Zealand

		    
		    
		    



		    
Health and Pacific Peoples in New Zealand is the third report in the Pacific Progress series. It presents findings on Pacific peoples’ health outcomes, discusses the socio-economic factors that... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Tupu Ola Moui: Pacific health chart book 2012
		    
		    

		    


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Ministry of Health

		    
		    
		    



		    
Tupu Ola Moui presents key indicators for Pacific health including socioeconomic determinants, risk and protective factors, health status, the health system and health service utilisation.  
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Bros, Boys and Guys address term function and communities of practice in a New Zealand rugby team
		    
		    

		    


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Wilson, N. Dr

		    
		    
		    



		    
This paper is a preliminary study of address terms based on a small corpus of talk bymembers of a New Zealand rugby team collected using ethnographic fieldwork. The paperfirst looks at how address... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
	         

	
	

	

	

	

	


	
	
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