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Abuse of Sports Officials and Spectator Enjoyment: A New Zealand Perspective
Jan Charbonneau
Organised sport relies on independent and unbiased officials and officiating. Scrutiny of performance and questioning of decisions is the norm with New Zealand sports officials well aware of this... read more
The Economic Value of Recreation to Society (PowerPoint presentation to the World Outdoors Summit November 2013)
Paul Dalziel
This PowerPoint presentation to the World Outdoors Summit 2013, provides an overview of work underway to produce analyses of the economic value of the outdoor recreation sector to the Wellbeing of... read more
The Economic Value of Recreation to Society (conference paper to the World Outdoors Summit November 2013)
Paul Dalziel
This paper summarises Professor Paul Dalziel presentation to the World Outdoors Summit 2013, which provided an overview of work underway to produce analyses of the economic value of the outdoor... read more
Secular trends and distributional changes in the BMI and physical activity of New Zealand adults
Sarah L. Fahey
Health is known to be inextricably related to physical activity. The world-wide trend of increasing obesity is a major problem for health professionals, however, the extent to which physical activity... read more
Gaming Funding into the Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Sector 2010
Litmus
This analysis was conducted for SPARC with the aim to analyse and better understand gaming machine society funding of sport, physical activity and recreation in New Zealand. The research focussed on... read more
Sport and Recreation sector workforce to 2026
Ganesh Nana
BERL Economics reports on the current size and make-up of New Zealand’s sport and recreation sector workforce, as well as its future outlook through to 2026. This report was commissioned by... read more
Between-day reliability of pedal forces for cyclists during an incremental cycling test to exhaustion
Rodrigo Bini
BACKGROUND: Reliability of pedal forces during cycling specific tests needs to be established if pedal forces are to be used in longitudinal studies evaluating performance improvements. METHOD: We... read more
Validating the multimedia activity recall for children and adolescents in a large New Zealand sample
Ralph Maddison
The aim of the study was to validate the self-report Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adolescents (MARCA) against accelerometry for the assessment of physical activity in New Zealand... read more
Getting kids active by participating in sport and doing It more often: focusing on what matters
Sandra Mandic
Background Reduced time dedicated to physical education and free play in recent decades emphasizes the need to promote opportunities for sport participation in adolescents in order to increase... read more
School playgrounds and physical activity policies as predictors of school and home time activity
Rachael W Taylor
Background Previous work has suggested that the number of permanent play facilities in school playgrounds and school-based policies on physical activity can influence physical activity in children... read more