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Sport in New Zealand

Here are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to New Zealand. New Zealand may have a small population, but it takes its sport very seriously, particularly Rugby and when playing against Australia.


Major sports of New Zealand

New Zealand Sporting Success

  • Rugby World Cup winners 1987

Athletes from New Zealand

  • Richard Hadlee (Cricket)
  • Hamish Carter (Triathlon)

New Zealand Sports trivia

  • In the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympic Games, athletes from Australia and New Zealand competed together as a single team, designated Australasia (ANZ). It was not until 1920 that New Zealand first competed as a separate country.

New Zealand at major events

Past sporting events hosted in New Zealand

Upcoming sporting events for New Zealand

Annual sporting events held in New Zealand

Sporting Facilities in New Zealand

Other

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