Sport
New Sport Books
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Magazines
- Adventure (New Zealand Adventure)
- American Rifleman
- Australian & New Zealand skiing
- Australian Tennis
- Bicycling
- Bicycing Australia
- Black Belt
- Boating New Zealand
- Bridge Magazine
- Chess
- Climb magazine
- The Climber (NZ climbing magazine)
- The Cut
- Cycling Weekly
- Dive New Zealand
- Femme: fitness & lifestyle
- Fish and Game New Zealand
- Fitness life
- Flex
- Fly Fisherman
- Fly Tyer
- Golf Digest
- Gray's sporting journal
- Jet boating
- League Week
- Manual (NZ skateboarding)
- Men's Fitness (Joe Weider's)
- Motor boats monthly
- Mountain Biking Australia
- New in Chess
- New Zealand bridge
- New Zealand Fishing News
- New Zealand Fitness
- New Zealand Golfing World
- New Zealand guns & hunting
- New Zealand mountain biker
- New Zealand Multisport & Triathlete
- New Zealand orienteering
- New Zealand Rod and Rifle
- New Zealand soccer talk
- New Zealand ski & snow
- New Zealand Skier
- New Zealand surfing
- New Zealand troutfisher
- NZRugby world
- Ocean and Action
- Outdoor Life
- Outside
- Pacific motor yacht
- Player
- Practical Boat Owner
- The Ring
- Rugby League Week
- Rugby News
- Runners World
- Sail
- Sea Spray
- Seahorse: international sailing
- Soccer talk
- Spoke
- Sports Illustrated
- Surfer's Journal
- VO2 Max
- Walking New Zealand
- Wilderness
- Wind and Kite: NZ's windsurfing & kiteboarding mag
- Windsurf magazine
- Wisden cricketer
- Women's adventure
- World Soccer
- Yachting Monthly
Catalogue Quicksearch
Shelf Help
| Subject: | Dewey number: |
|---|---|
| Aquatic and air sports | 797 |
| Athletic & outdoor sports | 796 |
| Ball Games | 796.3 |
| Boating | 797.1 |
| Camping | 796.54 |
| Coaching | 796.077 |
| Combat Sports | 796.8 |
| Cricket | 796.358 |
| Cycling | 796.6 |
| Equestrian sports | 798 |
| Fishing | 799.1 |
| Fishing, Hunting | 799 |
| Fitness | 613.7 |
| Football (Soccer) | 796.334 |
| Golf | 796.352 |
| Ice and Snow Sports | 796.9 |
| Indoor Games | 793 |
| Medicine | 614.1027 |
| Motor sports | 796.7 |
| Nutrition | 613.2 |
| Outdoor Life | 796.5 |
| Physiology and training | 612.044 |
| Rugby | 796.33 |
| Rules | 796.02 |
| Skiing | 796.93 |
| Surfing | 797.32 |
| Swimming & Diving | 797.2 |
Online databases
MasterFile Premier:
Designed specifically for a general audience, MasterFile Premier provides full text for nearly 1,950 periodicals covering a range of subjects: (more about MasterFile Premier)
Magazines available in full-text on MasterFile Premier include:
If you haven't logged into Masterfile Premier recently, login here first, then the above links will work for you.
Dictionary of NZ Biography:
The Dictionary of NZ Biography contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have made their mark on this country. It does not include people who are alive. (more about the Dictionary of NZ Biography)
Useful websites
News Links:
NZ Sports News
Australian Sports News
Codes:
- NZ Rugby Official site |
- NZ Football |
- Cricket NZ |
- Netball NZ |
- Hockey NZ |
- Rowing NZ |
- V8 Racing |
- Tennis NZ |
- NZ Golf
Other:
DVDs
The library has a growing collection of sport and exercise DVDs. These include 'how-to' DVDs as well as biographical documentaries. Try our catalogue quicksearches below to find sports DVDs.
Documentaries / How-to guides:
- All sports documentaries |
- Baseball DVDs |
- Boxing DVDs |
- Card games DVDs |
- Cricket DVDs |
- Cycling DVDs |
- Diving DVDs |
- Fishing DVDs |
- Golf DVDs |
- Martial arts DVDs |
- Motocross/motoracing DVDs |
- Mountaineering DVDs |
- Netball DVDs |
- Rugby DVDs |
- Running DVDs |
- Skateboarding DVDs |
- Snowboarding DVDs |
- Soccer DVDs |
- Surfing DVDs |
- Tennis DVDs |
- Wrestling DVDs |
- Yachting DVDs
Physical fitness DVDs:
Interested in pilates, yoga or dance for fitness?
Biographical DVDs:
Search below for biographical documentaries and movies about sporting men and women.
Contact us
This page is written and maintained by Chris Richards. My aim is to keep you informed about the sport and fitness section of the library and to highlight parts of the collection which may interest you. I'd be pleased to hear from you about this page - you can email me with any feedback.
