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Diana Wichtel, reviewing the show in the New Zealand Listener, described it as "surprisingly watchable", but commented that the format was "history as striptease, with the programme counting down over the weeks to the big winner." [2] Scott Kara, writing in The New Zealand Herald, called it "educational but not dull". [3]
The competition programme features a total of 36 individual New Zealand Championship athletics events, 18 for men and 18 for women. There are six track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, and four throws. Track races were contested over imperial distances until metric standardisation in 1970. [2] Track running
Competitors included Running, The Runner and Running Times, which eventually merged in various forms. Jim Fixx published The Complete Book of Running in 1977, which became a best seller. [36] George Sheehan wrote Running and Being in 1978, a philosophical approach which also became a best seller. [37] Other running authors and writers: Bob Anderson
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.
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In 1773, Foster Powell, of England, started the focus on walking/running for six days when he walked from London to York and back, 400 miles (640 km), in six days and is considered the “Father of the Six-Day Race.” [2] The first six-day race in history was put on by P.T. Barnum of circus fame, in his New York City Hippodrome on March 1, 1875, between Edward Payson Weston and "Professor ...
New Zealand played 3 matches against South China Athletic [9] 18 June, Christchurch – 1–1 draw; 2 July, Wellington – NZ win 7-4; 9 July, Auckland – NZ lose 3-5; Provincial league champions: [10] Auckland: Mount Albert GSOB; Bay of Plenty: Mangakino Utd; Buller: Millerton Thistle; Canterbury: Western; Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers; Manawatu ...