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Working out at the gym

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Working out at the gym

Jane Wilson and Richard Earney are personal trainers at Wilson's gym in Parnell, Auckland. In the 2000s many New Zealanders took their physical exercise through individualistic activities such as working out at gyms, rather than through playing team sports.

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Greg Ryan, Sport and society – Changing times, 1980s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39417/working-out-at-the-gym (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Greg Ryan, published 30 November 2012.