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Kōrero: Gender and sport

Promoting beef and lamb

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Beef + Lamb New Zealand has used prominent New Zealand sportspeople to promote its products. Canoeist Lisa Carrington, BMX rider Sarah Walker and swimmer Sophie Pascoe were branded as 'iron maidens' to highlight the benefits of beef and lamb, which contain the essential mineral iron.

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Beef and Lamb New Zealand

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Sally Shaw, Gender and sport – Funding and awards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/40420/promoting-beef-and-lamb (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Sally Shaw, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 1 June 2016.