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HARRIERS AND CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

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HARRIERS AND CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

Harrier and cross-country running is the winter counterpart of track and field athletics and is controlled, like the summer sport, by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. (The term “harriers” is often understood in this country to imply running on roads rather than across country; but both of these activities are normally included in a winter programme and most runners take part in them with equal facility.) The NZAAA has a Crosscountry Committee (formerly the Harrier Subcommittee) to assist in its deliberations, and at each national cross-country meeting there is a Harrier Conference, which submits a report and recommendations to the NZAAA on matters concerning the administration of the sport.

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Peter Norman Heidenstrom, Journalist, Wellington.