Examining the development of a sense of national identity in a British colony, this highly authoritative work is a valuable addition to the literature in New Zealand. By looking at the onset of home-grown shipping, railway, and telegraph networks as well as at the Maori and kiwi experiences, not to mention the emergence of rugby teams, this book accounts for how transplanted Britons, and others, turned themselves into New Zealanders—a distinct group of people with their own songs and sports, symbols and opinions, political traditions, and sense of self. Tracing markers in popular culture, political processes, and public events, this informative and thrilling history focuses on the forging of a distinctive new culture and society.
Rugby is New Zealand's national sport. From the grand tour by the 1888 Natives to the upcoming 2015 World Cup, from games in the North African desert in the Second World War to matches behind barbed wire during the 1981 Springbok tour, from grassroots club rugby to heaving crowds outside Eden Park, Lancaster Park, Athletic Park or Carisbrook, New Zealanders have made rugby their game. In this book, historian and former journalist Ron Palenski tells the full story of rugby in New Zealand for the first time. It is a story of how the game travelled from England and settled in the colony, how Maori and later Pacific players made rugby their own, how battles over amateurism and apartheid threatened the sport, how national teams, provinces and local clubs shaped it. The story of rugby is New Zealand's story. Rooted in extensive research in public and private archives and newspapers, and highly illustrated with many rare photographs and ephemera, this book is the defining history of rugby in a land that has made the game its own.
It is 28 years since Men in Black was first published and while a lot has changed in rugby in that time, the purpose of the book has not: to provide a record, both in narrative and statistical form, of every test played by the All Blacks. Last published in 2000, Men in Black is the definitive record of All Black test rugby since 1903, when New Zealand played its first full-scale international against Australia in Sydney. Compiled by three of New Zealand's most respected rugby historians and writers, this the new edition is by far one of the largest books ever published in New Zealand. An addition of approximately 140 pages brings the total extent to a sensational 850 pages, and 48 pages of colour photographs complete this unique, unrivalled record of our national team at the highest level.
A celebration and commemoration of 100 years of the All Blacks playing test matches. No other international team has had such success. From the first test in Sydney in 1903, to the most recent, Ron Palenski traces the highs and lows, the years of triumph and the personalities who contribute toward test rugby, New Zealand's most enduring prime entertainment. Statistics have always been a key element in the chronicling of test rugby and the book features the most complete All Black test statistics ever produced.
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby is the most complete and detailed book on New Zealand Rugby. First published in 1981, this fourth edition has been extensively updated and is now even more comprehensive than before. It is a valuable reference tool and indispensable companion of every serious follower of the game. This new, expanded version contains biographies of every All Black up to the end of 2004 and expands and updates all other chapters. For the first time, The Encyclopedia will include colour photography.
In May of 1941 New Zealand?s citizen soldiers, not long removed from their day jobs, were thrust into a type of fighting the world had not seen before: a land force against an airborne invasion. It was man against machines. In many ways, Crete became in the Second World War what Gallipoli had been in the First: another Dunkirk ? a scrambling effort to survive after defeat. This book breathes new life into the baptism of fire for New Zealand?s men of valour. It puts a human face on a military disaster, a failure that paradoxically was as large for the victors, the Germans, as it was for the losers, the Allies, among whom New Zealanders dominated. Crete tempered the New Zealand Division, and it went on to become one of the most respected and admired fighting forces of the Second World War.
The unique team that is the British Isles rugby side ? or the Lions as they are more commonly referred to ? will tour New Zealand in June and July 2005 for the first time in 12 years. The tour will be the biggest sporting event of the year and is eagerly awaited by all New Zealand rugby fans. In All Blacks v Lions Ron Palenski looks back on past tours and recalls the great moments from the first full-scale tour in 1930 to the last by the Lions in 1993. Some of the greatest moments in New Zealand rugby have come during Lions tours of this country. Palenski promises to bring alive those moments.
The All Blacks are one of the most enduringly successful and best-known sports teams in the world. Rugby people follow their every move and are more likely to know key dates in All Black history than they are their own wedding anniversary. But not everyone knows everything there is to know about the All Blacks. This is the book for them. When did the All Blacks first perform the haka, and why? What is the haka? How many different haka have the All Blacks performed? And here's a question that may even stump the rugby enthusiasts: when did the All Blacks do the haka during a match? And why are they called the All Blacks? Why did black become the colour of not just the national rugby team, but of every New Zealand sports team? And an integral part of the black uniform is the silver fern - how did that come about? Many questions will be answered for the uninitiated, the young, the visitors to New Zealand and people just wanting to immerse themselves in New Zealand popular culture.
This book tells a new generation of New Zealanders how their mothers and grandmothers learned where their loved ones were and what they were doing during World War II. Republishing newspaper stories from the time which reported on the activities of New Zealand soldiers in the Middle East and the Pacific, North Africa and Italy; in the air and at sea, it also tells of the heroism of double VC winner Charles Upham as New Zealanders first learned of it; of the fearsome fighting of the Maori Battalion; of the roles New Zealanders played in the great air and sea battles. There are stories from the homefront: the Battle of Manners Street when New Zealanders and Americans clashed in the streets; of the mutiny when soldiers on leave refused to return to the war; and of the increasing role women played both in the armed services and in the domestic economy.
Win or lose, in favour or out of it, the All Blacks are part of what makes a New Zealander. Such has been their impact on New Zealand society for more than a hundred years, the All Blacks are a part of the New Zealand psyche. They are as much a contributor to New Zealand nationalism as the flag, the anthem and our sense of identity. All Blacks - Myths and Legends comes up with some sensational new information, including one nugget that has so far baffled and confused rugby followers and stumped historians. It puts meat on old bones and provides a fresh look at some old stories and myths. This book looks at the old and the modern; from the All Blacks whose jerseys had leather yokes to those whose jerseys are engineered in accord with the latest in technology.
Jeff Wilson has carved a niche for himself as the greatest All Black winger in history. His test tally of 39 tries in only 54 tests is a New Zealand record. - ahead of such greats as Bryan Williams, Jonah Lomu, John Kirwan and Stu Wilson.
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