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… the Waitākere Range their routes to kauri dams later became recreational trails. The Forest Service (set up to log … of tracks, carefully marked with blazes or cairns. Today’s recreational trampers enjoy the benefits. …
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Part of story: Walking tracks
… New sports like surfing and skateboarding often combined recreation and competition. At the same time, children were … to play sport because they had more active and sedentary recreational options than in the past. Skinned shins Shinty …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Childhood
… Marine science Since the 1950s recreational divers have assisted scientists by gathering …
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Part of story: Diving and snorkelling
… and short-tailed bats, and many native birds and insects. Recreation The park contains two large skifields, Tūroa and …
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Part of story: National parks
… invaded by thousands of people in search of sun and surf. Recreational fishing has been a public use of the shoreline … of Nelson (Port Nelson) and Napier (Ahuriri), magnets for recreational fishers, the café crowd and amblers. In …
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Part of story: City public spaces
… 1 19th-century beginnings Balls and dances were a popular recreation in early colonial society, the pioneering working life accompanied by similarly robust recreation. Dances performed included quadrilles and …
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Part of story: Ballet
… ‘a foursome was played, affording an excellent afternoon’s recreation … [We] trust before the season has far advanced … been organised, and that golf promises to become a popular recreation.’ 2 One of the players, Edinburgh-born Charles …
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Part of story: Golf
… beautiful’ movement, which promoted parks and gardens as recreation spaces for jaded office and factory workers. … are often open to the public as places of retreat, rest and recreation. …
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Part of story: City public spaces
… family, church and village. This structure was recreated in New Zealand with new or existing church … such as the Samoan Congregational Christian Church, recreated the religious forms, governance structures and …
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Part of story: Pacific churches in New Zealand
… hoped that the gallery would be the focus of a major public recreation area, and that art would be a vehicle for … international understanding as well as a worthwhile form of recreation for the masses. In addition, the gallery was to …
Type: Biography
… of the area’s significance for biodiversity, wilderness recreation, cultural reasons, or its vulnerability to human … of the country, and offer opportunities for self-reliant recreation. Typical examples are Raukūmara Wilderness Area, …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… school in New York. She then organised educational and recreational centres for women working in the wartime … She organised health checks in factories and formed recreational and sports clubs for workers, and further …
Type: Biography
… Josef glaciers. In 1973, Geoff Wayatt established Mountain Recreation at Wānaka. By the early 2000s there were also …
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Part of story: Mountaineering
… a whole. There can also be a major impact on economic and recreational activities such as fishing and swimming. …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… takraw court in its car park. Sport Sport is a favoured recreation, for young people in particular. Most 1960s …
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Part of story: Malaysians and Singaporeans
… lands under the water were used for the landing of canoes, recreation, as battlegrounds, burial grounds and for the …
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Part of story: Law of the foreshore and seabed
… fisheries, Treaty of Waitangi claims, research, sports and recreation, and education. These are intended to promote the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… would use them regularly. Waka tīwai were also used for recreation. They are still raced in regattas today, …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes
… but global guidelines for diver instruction are set by the Recreational Scuba Training Council. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Diving and snorkelling
… and symbols of national identity. Daily Life, Sport and Recreation – daily life, customs, sport and leisure …
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