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Identifying Preferences for Booked DOC Facilities in New Zealand
Michelle Irving
This research aimed to identify how DOC could best meet New Zealanders needs using booked or non-booked accommodation. The study used a mixed method approach, comprising focus groups and surveys... read more
NEW – VISUAL KNOWLEDGE feature
Grant McLean
Check out our new VISUAL KNOWLEDGE feature. This new section allows users to view (and soon to add) relevant sport and recreation-related videos. While the Knowledge Library contains the more... read more
Sport Beyond School
University of Auckland
Sport Beyond School is an Active Communities project primarily funded by Sport New Zealand, being piloted over three years (2013-2015) at the University of Auckland. The aim of the project is to... read more
Class, conflict and the clash of codes : the introduction of rugby league to New Zealand : 1908-1920
William Greenwood
Rugby league was introduced to New Zealand in 1908 by players desirous of playing a game generally considered to be faster and more skillful than rugby union. Even before its introduction, there were... read more
Scootering on: an investigation of children’s use of scooters for transport and recreation
Trish Wolfaardt
Non-motorised scooters have increased significantly in popularity over the last few years in New Zealand, following similar trends in the US, Australia, Canada and Europe. Non-motorised... read more
The World Outdoors Summit 2013 resources
Outdoors New Zealand
The World Outdoors Summit 2013 (held in Rotorua 19-22 November) presentations, slides, and videos from presenters can be viewed on the Outdoors New Zealand website summit resources page (see the... read more
Veterans and masters sport – Sport and recreation for older people
Roger Robinson
In New Zealand older people have always been involved in sport and recreation. Hunting, fishing and swimming, the most recreational activities in 19th-century New Zealand, have no age restrictions... read more
Competing loyalties in sports medicine: Threats to medical professionalism in elite, commercial sport
Lynley Anderson
This paper explores the ways in which the environment of elite-level and, in particular, commercial sport produces expectations and pressures on sports doctors that may compromise their professional... read more
Playing the shell game: the Faustian bargain for Dunedin's stadium
Dan Porter
This paper discusses the complex and complicit financial arrangements enabling the construction of a stadium for the Rugby World Cup. It investigates how costs and debt can be deliberately obscured... read more
Moving bodies beyond the social/biological divide: Toward theoretical and transdisciplinary adventures
Holly Thorpe
In this paper I call for ‘new forms of thinking and new ways of theorizing’ the complex relations between the biological and social in sport and physical culture. I illustrate the... read more