More links and websites

• Sport New Zealand

  The Sport New Zealand website provides extensive information about its forms of support.

• The 1981 Springbok rugby tour

  This NZ History article is a comprehensive account of the political controversies surrounding this tour.

More suggestions and sources

• Buchanan, Hugh. ‘A critical analysis of the 1937 Physical welfare and recreation act and of government involvement in recreation and sport, 1937-1957.’ MA thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 1978.
• Daley, Caroline.Leisure and pleasure: reshaping and revealing the New Zealand body. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.
• Lawrence, Hugh. ‘Government involvement in New Zealand sport – sport policy, a cautionary tale.’ MSLS thesis, University of Waikato, 2008.
• Macdonald, Charlotte.Strong, beautiful and modern: national fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935-1960. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2011.
• Richards, Trevor.Dancing on our bones: New Zealand, South Africa, rugby and racism. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1999.
• Templeton, Malcolm.Human rights and sporting contacts: New Zealand attitudes to race relations in South Africa, 1921–94. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1998.