New Zealand and sport activities

Sport and fitness are important elements to New Zealanders as their country’s outdoors is clean and inviting. The climate is also mild and the landscape is so wonderful.

More than 35% of grown up people in New Zealand joined sporting clubs. The Hillary Commission of Fitness, Sport and Leisure for examples, are promoting sport on recreational basis, as well as providing fund for competitive sportspeople.

For golfer from around the world, New Zealand is an ideal destination because there are more golf courses per head of population than any other country. Usually the main season for golf is between March and October because the winter is relatively mild and in summer many New Zealanders prefer to choose water sports.

The most popular team sport is rugby football. The national team is called All Blacks, which members are better known than politicians. Therefore this team is the dream of many of schoolboys.

The main women’s winter sport, and the sport with the second highest player numbers is netball. The national team, the Silver Ferns, has won the world championship several times.

Summer sport faces stiff competition form the recreational possibilities of the beaches, lakes and forests.

Any kind of sport you choose, New Zealand offers you a new climate and atmosphere that you’ll never find in another place.