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Albert Edward Cooke, 14 June 1940
'No Maoris, no tour'
Foreskin's lament, 1981
Red, white and brass, 2023
1921 Springbok tour
Africa and New Zealand
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Nelson Mandela at Ngāruawāhia, 1995
All-white All Blacks, 1928
Allen, Frederick Richard
Amateurism and professionalism
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Australasian National Basketball League (NBL) match, Auckland, 2012
Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism
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Treaty of Waitangi protest
Athletic Park rugby test, 1921
Beginnings of sporting nationalism
Blokes, footie, and fish and chips
Changing times, 1980s onwards
Chiefs fans
Children and sport
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Children playing Kiwi cricket at Hataitai School, 1994
Club and provincial rugby
Colonists, soldiers and sportsmen: 1800s to 1940s
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Commonwealth response
Cooke, Albert Edward
Cultural and future relations
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Culture and recreation in the city
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'Homage to Frances Hodgkins', by William Sutton
Davy, Edwin
Deans, Robert George
Development of the major stadiums, 1920 to 1990
Donald, James George
Edwin Davy
Ellison, Edward Pōhau
First sporting contacts with South Africa
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Flaxroots rugby – club and provincial level
Gallaher, David
Government and sport
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Trainee physical welfare instructors, 1944
Growth of children’s sport, 1920 to 1969
Helping the big boys
History of rugby
History of sports medicine
International rugby – southern hemisphere
King Country region
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Main street of Ōhura, 2011
Leisure and sport
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Leisure and sport
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Life and leisure
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Māori and sport – hākinakina
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Members of the Black Sox perform the haka during the 2013 World Softball Championships
Māori and sport in the early 20th century
Māori overseas
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The Maori Hi Five show band
Māori–Pākehā relations
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French sailors with Māori, Kororāreka, 1835
Men’s and inclusive spaces
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Mooloo kids
National sports
Nēpia, George
Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
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Foreshore and seabed hīkoi arrives at Parliament, 2011
Northland taniwha mascot
Notable Māori sportspeople
Ordinary blokes and extraordinary sheilas
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Organised sports
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Origins of Māori rugby union
Outdoor recreation and leisure
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Paewai, Manahi Nītama
Parades and protest marches
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Ticker-tape parade for Peter Blake and Team New Zealand, 1995
Popular culture
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Professional sport
Professional stadiums since 1990
Quentin Donald
Race and rugby
Retaining Māori culture in Australia
Rise of professionalism
Rise of spectatorship
Ruby Tui
Rugby and South Africa
Rugby ball in Paris
Rugby Park occupation
Rugby sevens and touch rugby
Rugby supporters at Super 14 game
Rugby union
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All Black captain Richie McCaw (centre) with the Webb Ellis Cup, 2011
Rugby Union decision, 1959
Rugby union, 1910s to 1930s
Rugby World Cup 2021
Rules, participation and audience
Sanson grandstand
Settling in Australia
Small-town sports, 1890–1960
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Sport and creative culture
Sport and culture
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Sport and culture
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Sport and leisure
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Sport and leisure
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Sport and national debate, 1970 to 1990
Sport and race
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Sport and recreation
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Sport and recreation
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Sport and recreation
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Sport and recreation, 1900–1965
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Sport and society
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Rugby jerseys on the washing line, Wellington, 1930s
Sport and the nation
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Fans at a football game between the All Whites and Bahrain, 2009
Sport and tourism
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Sport in colonial cities
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Sport, leisure and tourism
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Sports medicine and drugs
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Physio on the cricket field
Sports reporting and commentating
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Keith Quinn with nine sets of Olympic Games accreditation, 2008
Sports venues
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WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington
Springbok tour protest, Hamilton, 1981
Springbok trophy, 1956
Support for high-performance sport
Supporting their team
The 1905-6 All Blacks
The 1905-6 All Blacks
The changing game
The first city sports grounds, 1850 to 1914
The game spreads, 1870–1892
The game that never was
The Highlanders
The limits of sporting participation, 1870–1910
Tourism, recreation and sport
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Tūmatauenga
Types of sports medicine
War and sport
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Wellington rugby team, 1875
Winston McCarthy's rugby commentary, 1956
Women in rugby union and league
Women in sport: Farah Palmer