Events In History
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15 April 2018Black Ferns Sevens win Commonwealth goldNew Zealand rugby sevens team turned the tables on 2016 Olympic champions Australia, winning a thrilling final at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast in extra time. Read more...
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14 April 2018Black Sticks Women win Commonwealth goldIn the 2010s New Zealand’s women’s hockey team was consistently among the best in the world, but until 2018 it had not won a major tournament Read more...
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14 October 2010Silver Ferns beat Diamonds in Commonwealth Games thrillerJust how close the New Zealand and Australian netball teams were became clear as the match, the longest official game of netball ever played, stretched over 84 pulsating minutes. Read more...
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1 August 1992Lorraine Moller wins Olympic bronzeAt the age of 37, Lorraine Moller ran the race of her life to place third in the marathon at the Barcelona Olympics. Read more...
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2 February 1974'The greatest middle distance race of all time'The men’s 1500-m final was run on the last day of the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games. Tanzanian Filbert Bayi ran the first 800 m in an astonishing 1 minute 52.2 seconds, conserved energy on the third lap, and held off 22-year-old New Zealander John Walker to set a new world record of 3:32.16. Read more...
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25 January 1974First day of competition at Christchurch Commonwealth GamesThe opening ceremony of the ‘Friendly Games’ had featured performances by schoolchildren and a Māori concert party. Next day, Canterbury runner Dick Tayler ensured the success of the Games with a surprise victory for the host nation in the 10,000 m track race. Read more...
Articles
Rowing in New Zealand
The 2010 World Rowing Championships was the third major international rowing event to be held at Lake Karāpiro in Waikato. Find out about earlier events and other fascinating stories from New Zealand's rich rowing past.
- Page 4 - The world comes to KarāpiroLake Karāpiro's potential to become the best rowing venue in a country with few straight sheltered courses was soon recognised and it hosted the 1950 Empire Games and the 1978
Sport, 1940-1960
The mid-century decades brought more mass participation in sport, the consolidation of many national competitions, and greater achievement at international level.
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Page 4 – Competitors and spectators
Sports participation and spectatorship were the only daytime leisure activities to rival home-centred pursuits such as gardening in this period. New Zealand's hosting of
Biographies
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Williams, Yvette Winifred
The sports writer Peter Heidenstrom rated Yvette Williams as his 'New Zealand Athlete of the Century'. There is no doubt that she was one of our greatest-ever athletes - and probably the most versatile.
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Walker, John George
John Walker is one of New Zealand's track heroes. His athletic career was punctuated by memorable performances and noted for its longevity
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