Story: Sport and society
Page 12. All images & media
From page 1 - Old world origins
From page 2 - Sport comes to New Zealand
From page 3 - Growth, 1860s and 1870s
From page 4 - National sports
From page 5 - The limits of sporting participation, 1870–1910
From page 6 - Ethnicity and gender in sport, 1860–1910
From page 7 - Popular participation, 1910–1970
From page 8 - Rise of spectatorship
From page 9 - Professional sport
From page 10 - Changing times, 1980s onwards
How to cite this page
Greg Ryan, Sport and society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/221461/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Greg Ryan, published 23 April 2013.