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A bibliography of public conservation area visitor research in New Zealand 1995-2010
Brent Lovelock
Increasing the participation of New Zealanders and overseas visitors in recreation and tourism activities in public conservation areas is a priority task for the Department of Conservation (DOC). DOC... read more
Physical education and sport in schools: policies and pedagogy
Penney, Dawn
This special issue of European Physical Education Review directs attention to the exploration of contemporary relationships between physical education (PE) and sport in schools from pedagogical... read more
Commercialising national identity: a critical examination of New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns of 1987, 1992 and 1995
Evans, Bryn
This thesis analyses forms of New Zealand national identity constructed in conjunction with successive America’s Cup campaigns in 1987, 1992 and 1995. It is argued that New Zealand national... read more
Pacific Island women, body image and sport
Schaaf, Michelle R
This article analyses the representation of Pacific women from an Orientalist theoretical framework. The analysis traces prominent representations of Pacific women within early colonial and Christian... read more
Head injury prevention in alpine skiing and snowboarding: critical review of literature and analysis of NZ snow sports injury epidemiology – technical report for the coroner’s office
Hume, PA
Objective To inform the Coroner’s inquest into alpine skiing and snowboarding fatalities regarding the magnitude of the head injury problem in alpine skiing and snowboarding in New Zealand, and... read more
Stocktake of New Zealand Community Sport and Recreation Research – Supplementary Report
mogul
This report summarises the findings from a targeted stocktake of sport and recreation research held on a major database resource and held within SPARC (now Sport NZ). It was conducted to build upon... read more
Stocktake of New Zealand Community Sport and Recreation Research – Main Report
mogul
A stocktake of sport and recreation research was conducted. This focussed on research and information material conducted in association with a targeted selection of organisations the sport... read more
New Zealand Volunteers: A Snapshot
Charbonneau, J., Brennan, M. & Hercus, A.
Responses from over 1700 volunteers in four charities and six sporting organisations from Wellington and Christchurch. Two very different profiles emerged. The typical charity volunteer was female... read more
A discourse analysis of post-World War Two outdoor education practice in New Zealand
Hollingsworth, R.
The focus of this study is to understand current outdoor education practice in New Zealand, using the methodology of Foucauldian discourse analysis. The French philosopher Michel Foucault reasoned... read more
SALMONID ANGLING: APPLICATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT METHOD
Booth, K. et al
This report applies the method for significance assessment outlined in a companion report, A significance assessment method for river values (Hughey et al., 2009). Its purpose is to provide a case... read more