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Not Sure when it was introduced but field hockey was first played internationally by New Zealand in 1935 I think you'll find that NZ played Aussie in 1922 and that we won.
New Zealand Ice Hockey League was created in 2005.
In field hockey, New Zealand beat Australia 1-0. In ice hockey, the USSR beat Czechoslovakia 4-3.
Hockey New Zealand, the national body administering field hockey in the country, recorded 45,581 registered players in the 2011 winter season - from primary school players up to the Black Sticks national teams. This is a little over one percent of the New Zealand total population. 52.7 percent of hockey players in New Zealand are female.
2011
The Black Sticks.
The Black Sticks.
The socceroos first originated in 1922 and for the next 25 years they played New Zealand and South Africa in a series of friendlies or 'tests'. In their first international they played New Zealand in which they lost 3-1
The first T20 cricket match was played in Auckland, New Zealand in 2005.
Trevor Manning was born in Wellington, New Zealand in December 1945. He played in the goalkeeper position for the New Zealand hockey team that won an Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Nick Wilson is a field hockey player from New Zealand.
New Zealand First was created in 1993.