A professional golfer, Kevin Smith, demonstrates Kiwi golf to pupils at Hammersley Park School’s Kiwi sports day, yesterday. In Kiwi sports, traditional games like rugby, netball and hockey have been modified to suit children. Goal posts have been lowered, for instance, and danger elements have been lessened. Kiwi sports has been developed by the Hillary Commission and the Education Department. Sixteen sports have been adapted.
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65A professional golfer, Kevin Smith, demonstrates Kiwi golf to pupils at Hammersley Park School’s Kiwi sports day, yesterday. In Kiwi sports, traditional games like rugby, netball and hockey have been modified to suit children. Goal posts have been lowered, for instance, and danger elements have been lessened. Kiwi sports has been developed by the Hillary Commission and the Education Department. Sixteen sports have been adapted. Press, 25 August 1988, Page 13
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