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New Zealand also sent teams for the Australasian Athletics Championships during its lifetime from 1890 to 1927. Separate annual championship events are held for the 10,000 metres , 3000 metres , combined track and field events , cross country running , mountain running , road running and racewalking events.
Series about the history of New Zealand. Funny As: The Story Of New Zealand Comedy: 2019 TVNZ 1: 5 part documentary series that looked at the past of New Zealand comedy. Karaoke High: 2006 TV2: New Zealand drama show screened during the summertime as a replacement for Shortland Street. Featured New Zealand actress Miriama Smith. North: 2011 One
Arthur Leslie Lydiard ONZ OBE (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world.
Women jogging along Morro Strand State Beach, California, U.S.. Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods of time.
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) is restructured on 1 April to form New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. An outside broadcast van is in use in Auckland, and similar vans are ordered for Wellington and Christchurch. Dunedin gets television service with the launch of DNTV2 on 31 July. There are 23,343 licensed television sets in New ...
The 21st New Zealand Parliament concludes, with its final year marked by the death of premier William Massey. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents. Following the general election in November, the Reform Party holds a much stronger position with 55 of the 80 seats.
Establishment of the New Zealand National Soccer League; Blockhouse Bay are the first National Soccer Champions. [13]The Chatham Cup is won by Blockhouse Bay, who beat Western Suburbs FC (Wellington) 3–2 in a replay after the final ended at 2–2 after extra time.
The Chatham Cup is won by North Shore United who beat Christchurch City 2–1 in the final. [19]Northern League champions: Ponsonby AFC; Disagreement over the inclusion of a Gisborne team in the Western League caused its dissolution and the establishment of a Central Districts League, with Wanganui omitted but Poverty Bay and Wairarapa included.