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xi, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits Table of contents includes: Harry Watson -- 1929 Southland rugby team -- Billy Savisan -- Norman Read -- Peter Snell -- Burt Munro -- 1968 New Zealand coxed four -- Denny Hulme -- Jaynie Parkhouse -- Peter Petherick -- 1976 New Zealand men's hockey team -- Linda Jones -- Digby Taylor -- Anne Audain -- Chris Lewis -- Jim Cassidy and Kiwi the racehorse -- Ewen Chatfield -- Greg Cooper -- Ross Norman -- Stewve Gurney -- 2002 Tall Blacks -- Michael Campbell -- 2008 Kiwis -- 2010 All Whites -- Stephen Donald Summary: This book celebrates some of the most inspiring against-the-odds stories in New Zealand sport. From the famous to the forgotten, from the Carterton Showgrounds to the Stadio Olimpico, the tales within are a tribute to determination, self-belief and bloody mindedness. (Publisher)