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How well do you know your
All Black Facts and Figures? |
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Welcome to the New Zealand Rugby Museum, the oldest and arguably the first museum in the world devoted to the oval ball code.
It contains New Zealand's biggest and most comprehensive collection of rugby memorabilia and records, including some of the world's rarest rugby artefacts. The extensive photo library provides rare and detailed coverage of the emergence of New Zealand as a major rugby power.
Over 30 colourful displays record the history of rugby in New Zealand and overseas. Displays are theme based e g "Maori Rugby", the "Original" All Blacks or collection style e g of "Rugby caps", "Rugby badges" etc. And we have a few ideas as to how to occupy children whilst their parents go down Memory Lane amongst our displays.
Located within easy walking distance of the Palmerston North City centre and with off-street parking available, the Museum operates from well-lit, carpeted premises. A sound system provides a rugby background, whilst recent videos are available for viewing.
An extensive rugby library (including the only New Zealand copy of some books) and records of ALL first class matches played since the game was introduced in this country in 1870 are available to researchers.
Group visits, by arrangement, are especially welcome. Whilst we are happy to talk groups around the Museum we believe it is preferable to let visitors browse our well captioned and very visual displays, with Museum personnel circulating and answering questions as they arise.
For those unfamiliar with rugby, explanations of the major rules and how the game is played are available on request.
We are constantly surprised how long visitors with little prior knowledge of the game spend in the Museum.
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| MONRO |
| The Life and Times of the Man Who Gave New Zealand Rugby |
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Countless books have been written about our national game of rugby union and the success of the All Blacks. But to really understand the hold rugby has on our nation you have to go back to the beginning. MONRO is the first detailed look into the life of the 19 year old who introduced the game to New Zealand.
Charles Monro was a son of one of the country’s prominent 19th century politicians, a pioneering sporting enthusiast whose enthusiasm for sport covered sports such as polo, golf and croquet, as well as his beloved rugby. This book captures his life from a childhood in Nelson, through to unhappy times at a London school, ten years of wanderings before marriage, and finally settling down to life as an orchardist in the Manawatu.
But the events that were to leave his lasting mark on the country’s sporting heritage came in 1870 when he introduced rugby to the sporting youths of Nelson and Wellington. From that year the legend that would become the All Blacks began.
Click here to read Lindsay Knight's review.
Ordering details will be available soon. |
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Feature Article |
HONOURING CHARLES MONRO
The rugby world honours William Webb Ellis (with the World Cup) for his small part in the game, an incident back in 1823, but New Zealanders have not accorded Charles Monro with similar status |
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All Blacks? A Haka? |
ALL BLACKS - The Name?
How the All Blacks came by their name.
The 1905/6 New Zealand team touring Britain were the first to be so named. |
THE HAKA - In the Beginning
Nothing is more distinctively 'New Zealand' than the haka, performed by Kiwis the world over. Read on about the All Blacks involvement with the famous Maori War Dance. |
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