Story: Sports venues

More links and websites

• Contextual historical overview for Christchurch City

  This report on the Christchurch City Council site includes an excellent overview of Christchurch’s sporting venues.

• New Zealand rugby union

  The New Zealand section of ESPNscrum, an international rugby site, has short pages about the main rugby grounds in New Zealand.

• Register of historic places

  The Heritage New Zealand register includes good information about historic sports grounds such as Carisbrook and the Basin Reserve.

More suggestions and sources

• McCrystal, John, and Lindsay Knight. Eden Park: a history. Wellington: Phantom House, 2011.

• Neely, Don, and Joseph Romanos. Lancaster Park: an illustrated history. Wellington: Trio books, 2006.

• Neely, Don, and Joseph Romanos. The Basin: an illustrated history of the Basin Reserve. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2003.