Story: Government and sport

All images and media

From page 1 - Support for children’s sport

Basin Reserve, 1889

Basin Reserve, 1889

Physical exercise drill, 1901

Physical exercise drill, 1901

School sports day, Dargaville

School sports day, Dargaville

Newmarket pool, Auckland

Newmarket pool, Auckland

Leaping into KiwiSport

Leaping into KiwiSport

From page 2 - Support for adult sport, 1937–1972

Training physical welfare instructors, 1944

Training physical welfare instructors, 1944

Learn to swim classes

Learn to swim classes

From page 3 - Support for adult sport since 1973

'Come Alive' poster

'Come Alive' poster

Hillary Commission poster

Hillary Commission poster

SPARC Real Women's Duathlon

SPARC Real Women's Duathlon

Push Play advertisement

Push Play advertisement

Revenue of Sport New Zealand and its predecessors, 1990–2014

Revenue of Sport New Zealand and its predecessors, 1990–2014

From page 4 - Support for high-performance sport

Jack Lovelock and Michael Joseph Savage, 1936

Jack Lovelock and Michael Joseph Savage, 1936

Academy of Sport students, Dunedin, 2009

Academy of Sport students, Dunedin, 2009

New High Performance Sport New Zealand training centre

New High Performance Sport New Zealand training centre

The Cloud, Auckland

The Cloud, Auckland

Cambridge velodrome

Cambridge velodrome

From page 5 - Politics of sport

Richard Seddon welcomes the All Blacks, 1906

Richard Seddon welcomes the All Blacks, 1906

Springbok tour protesters, 1981

Springbok tour protesters, 1981 (3rd of 1)

Softball protest, 1976

Softball protest, 1976

New Zealand Olympic team, Moscow, 1980

New Zealand Olympic team, Moscow, 1980

Protest against tennis player

Protest against tennis player

How to cite this page:

David Green, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/government-and-sport/media (accessed 11 December 2023)

Story by David Green, published 5 Sep 2013