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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
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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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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.
10 August – New Zealand recognises Singapore as an independent sovereign state, one day after Singapore's expulsion from the Malaysian Federation. [12] 31 August – New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed. 3 November – Riccarton Mall, the South Island's first indoor shopping mall, opens to shoppers. [13]
The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland.. Speaker of the House – Mathew Oram from 1950 to 1957; Prime Minister – Sidney Holland from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957.
A tour by Australia includes three internationals, the first by a New Zealand representative team: [4] 17 June – Carisbrook, Dunedin: won 3–1 by New Zealand; 24 June – Athletic Park, Wellington: drawn 1–1; 8 July – Auckland Domain, Auckland: won 3–1 by New Zealand; Provincial league champions: [5] Auckland – North Shore, Philomel ...