Sport New Zealand

The Sport New Zealand website provides extensive information about its forms of support.

The 1981 Springbok rugby tour

This NZHistory exhibition is a comprehensive account of the political controversies surrounding this tour.

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Daley, Caroline. Leisure and pleasure: reshaping and revealing the New Zealand body. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.

Lawrence, Hugh. ‘Government involvement in New Zealand sport – sport policy, a cautionary tale.’ MSLS thesis, University of Waikato, 2008.

Macdonald, Charlotte. Strong, beautiful and modern: national fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935-1960. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2011.

Richards, Trevor. Dancing on our bones: New Zealand, South Africa, rugby and racism. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1999.

Templeton, Malcolm. Human rights and sporting contacts: New Zealand attitudes to race relations in South Africa, 1921–94. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1998.