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The Economic and Social Value of Sport and Recreation to New Zealand (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
Paul Dalziel
Overview of the value of sport and recreation research programme commissioned by SPARC to update and expand on earlier work a decade ago by BERL on the value of sport to New Zealand. The new value... read more
Knowledge, power and politics: Contesting `Evidence-based' national sport policy
J Piggin, S J Jackson and M Lewis
This article analyses the sources of knowledge New Zealand sport and recreation policy-makers rely on when forming public policy. Specifically, utilising a Foucauldian lens of governmentality, the... read more
Obstructing the goal? Hospitalisation for netball injury in New Zealand 2000-2005
P Smartt
Studies the current profile of hospitalised netball injuries in New Zealand and identifies any changes that have occurred since 1988. The study is limited to serious acute injury treated in the... read more
School sport: Trends, barriers, opportunities
New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council
This presentation provides an overview of the trends in the rates of participation in sport by secondary students in New Zealand. It also discusses the reasons why students do or don’t... read more
A profile of tourism in the Lake Waikaremoana Region: Independent visitation in rural New Zealand.
H Fitt
This report provides the results of a survey of 191 visitors to Lake Waikaremoana, a remote area in Te Urewera National Park. Lake Waikaremoana has few established tourism services but significant... read more