Geoff Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3885735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoff Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoff |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6290-4836 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
New Chinese Migrant Businesses and the Making of Ethnoburbs in Auckland
Ethnoburbs are suburban areas that are characterised by specific ethnic communities, which have significantly reshaped urban landscapes worldwide. This study examines how new Chinese migrant businesses have influenced the cultural and spatial development of ethnoburbs in Auckland, by focusing on the suburb of Albany. Based on in-depth interviews with 16 new Chinese migrant business-owners and guided by mixed embeddedness theory, the article explo…
Exploring New Chinese Migrant Businesses in Auckland, New Zealand
This study examines how new Chinese migrant businesses navigate structural and operational constraints in a high-income, multicultural host-country context, with a particular focus on the role of digital embeddedness. Drawing on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 29 Chinese migrant business owners conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, the study explores how entrepreneurs engage with digital platforms, online networks, and digital…
Local, National and Global Histories of Field Hockey
Cheap, Scientific and Free From Danger’
Hockey's emergence as an organized sport in New Zealand is typically regarded as having occurred during the 1890s. Reverend Henry Mathias, who formed the Kaiapoi Hockey Club in 1895, has been credited with a particularly influential part in the game's development. Indeed, there is considerable truth to this foundation story in that the formation of clubs in Christchurch was the catalyst for the adoption of the 11-a-side form of the game played un…
A Supplementary Sport? Towards a Historical Analysis of the Development of Badminton in New Zealand, c. 1870–1939
Although badminton has been played in New Zealand for approximately 150 years it has received only minimal attention in scholarly discussions of sport.This paper evaluates the historical development of badminton in New Zealand between 1870 and 1939.It argues that from the last quarter of the nineteenth century badminton was initially played alongside games such as croquet and tennis in mostly private venues as a form of upper-class recreation.It …
Ako
This special issue of Public History Review has been edited by Fiona McKergow, Geoff Watson, David Littlewood and Carol Neill and serves as a sampler of recent work in the field of public history from Aotearoa New Zealand. The articles are derived from papers presented at 'Ako: Learning from History?', the 2021 New Zealand Historical Association conference hosted by Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa. The cover image for this special issue…
Developing Winning Ways for Women’s Sport
New Zealand is one of the very few countries where the national netball team (known as the Silver Ferns) has a high public profile. The popularity of the Silver Ferns reflects in part the status of netball as the most popular team sport in New Zealand in terms of participation. It also, however, reflects the ways in which the captains and coaches of the Silver Ferns have constructed a positive image of the team through developing their team cultu…
Core Values, Challenges, and Cultural Change
Background: Outward Bound New Zealand (OBNZ) was established in 1962, as part of an international network of outdoor education schools founded in the United Kingdom by Kurt Hahn, with the central values of empowering people to fulfill their potential, fostering compassion, and developing courage. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide an empirical case study of an organization evolving according to an industry life cycle, by examining …
Marion Stell and Heather Reid on women and football in Australasia during the 1970s
Marion Stell and Heather Reid on women and football in Australasia during the 1970s." History Australia, 17(4), pp. 791–792
Bringing biodynamic agriculture to New Zealand in the 1920s and 1930s
Biodynamic agriculture as a form of alternative agriculture dates to a series of lectures delivered by philosopher Rudolf Steiner in 1924 at Schloss Koberwitz (then in Germany now Kobierzyce in Poland). In 2019 biodynamic agriculture occupies some 190,000 ha in 55 countries, though nearly half remains concentrated in Germany. This paper explores the introduction of biodynamic agriculture principles and practices to New Zealand in the 1920s and 19…
Sport Development in Action
See These Brilliant Exponents of the Game’
This paper argues that the 1914 England Women’s hockey tour of Australia and New Zealand has an ambiguous place within wider progress narratives of women’s sport. It created some important sporting precedents, being the first time Australian and New Zealand women’s teams had taken the field. The media reception of the tour was mixed. While the social pages and some of match commentary focused on the appearance of the players, the majority present…
Teaching and Learning Guide for
Author's Introduction This article discusses why scholars are reconsidering the notion that Rugby Union was a central factor in generating a distinct identity for New Zealanders of British ancestry ( Pakeha ). The belief that Rugby acted as an agent of integration between Maori and Pakeha has also been questioned. Sporting clubs and events administered by New Zealand's ethnic minorities do, however, provide a means by which these groups can engag…
Sport and Ethnicity in New Zealand
This article argues that the centrality of rugby as a key formulator of Pakeha ethnicity and agent of interracial integration has been contested in recent scholarly research. It further argues that although sport and ethnicity has been examined in some case‐studies and some general histories, to date we have no systematic scholarly assessment of the connections between sport and ethnicity in New Zealand. Our presently fragmented understanding of …
Mara’abe v. Prime Minister of Israel
Mara'Abe v. Prime Minister of Israel. Case No. HCJ 7957/04. At http://elyonl.court.gov.il/eng/home/index.html > (English translation). Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as the High Court of Justice, September 15, 2005. In Mara ‘abe v. Prime Minister of Israel , the Israeli Supreme Court held that the routing of a portion of Israel's “security fence” in the northern West Bank violated international humanitarian law. The Supreme Court, sitting as th…
Treatise and Study Aids for American Students of International Law
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The “Wall” Decisions in Legal and Political Context
In June 2002, the Israeli cabinet approved a plan to construct a continuous “security fence” separating much of the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River from Israel proper. The stated purpose of the barrier was to prevent Palestinian terrorists from entering Israel and killing Israeli civilians. Construction began in 2002, and a significant portion of the structure had been completed by early 2004. The current route of the wall deviates signifi…
Representations of Central Asian Ethnicities in British Literature c. 1830-1914
This article evaluates representations of Central Asian ethnicities in British literature between 1830 and 1914. It commences by evaluating the ways in which representations of Central Asia were influenced by the Mongol campaigns in Europe of the thirteenth century and proceeds to examine the ways in which these changed during the debate over the 'Central Asian Question' in the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that the way in whic…
Prestigious Peregrinations
Interpretations of central Asian influences on Mughal India
The “Wall” Decisions in Legal and Political Context
In June 2002, the Israeli cabinet approved a plan to construct a continuous “security fence” separating much of the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River from Israel proper. The stated purpose of the barrier was to prevent Palestinian terrorists from entering Israel and killing Israeli civilians. Construction began in 2002, and a significant portion of the structure had been completed by early 2004. The current route of the wall deviates signifi…
Sport and Ethnicity in New Zealand
This article argues that the centrality of rugby as a key formulator of Pakeha ethnicity and agent of interracial integration has been contested in recent scholarly research. It further argues that although sport and ethnicity has been examined in some case‐studies and some general histories, to date we have no systematic scholarly assessment of the connections between sport and ethnicity in New Zealand. Our presently fragmented understanding of …
Treatise and Study Aids for American Students of International Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Mara’abe v. Prime Minister of Israel
Mara'Abe v. Prime Minister of Israel. Case No. HCJ 7957/04. At http://elyonl.court.gov.il/eng/home/index.html > (English translation). Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as the High Court of Justice, September 15, 2005. In Mara ‘abe v. Prime Minister of Israel , the Israeli Supreme Court held that the routing of a portion of Israel's “security fence” in the northern West Bank violated international humanitarian law. The Supreme Court, sitting as th…
Interpretations of central Asian influences on Mughal India
Interpretations of central Asian influences on Mughal India
Prestigious Peregrinations
Representations of Central Asian Ethnicities in British Literature c. 1830-1914
This article evaluates representations of Central Asian ethnicities in British literature between 1830 and 1914. It commences by evaluating the ways in which representations of Central Asia were influenced by the Mongol campaigns in Europe of the thirteenth century and proceeds to examine the ways in which these changed during the debate over the 'Central Asian Question' in the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that the way in whic…
Treatise and Study Aids for American Students of International Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The “Wall” Decisions in Legal and Political Context
In June 2002, the Israeli cabinet approved a plan to construct a continuous “security fence” separating much of the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River from Israel proper. The stated purpose of the barrier was to prevent Palestinian terrorists from entering Israel and killing Israeli civilians. Construction began in 2002, and a significant portion of the structure had been completed by early 2004. The current route of the wall deviates signifi…
Mara’abe v. Prime Minister of Israel
Mara'Abe v. Prime Minister of Israel. Case No. HCJ 7957/04. At http://elyonl.court.gov.il/eng/home/index.html > (English translation). Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as the High Court of Justice, September 15, 2005. In Mara ‘abe v. Prime Minister of Israel , the Israeli Supreme Court held that the routing of a portion of Israel's “security fence” in the northern West Bank violated international humanitarian law. The Supreme Court, sitting as th…
Sport and Ethnicity in New Zealand
This article argues that the centrality of rugby as a key formulator of Pakeha ethnicity and agent of interracial integration has been contested in recent scholarly research. It further argues that although sport and ethnicity has been examined in some case‐studies and some general histories, to date we have no systematic scholarly assessment of the connections between sport and ethnicity in New Zealand. Our presently fragmented understanding of …
Teaching and Learning Guide for
Author's Introduction This article discusses why scholars are reconsidering the notion that Rugby Union was a central factor in generating a distinct identity for New Zealanders of British ancestry ( Pakeha ). The belief that Rugby acted as an agent of integration between Maori and Pakeha has also been questioned. Sporting clubs and events administered by New Zealand's ethnic minorities do, however, provide a means by which these groups can engag…
See These Brilliant Exponents of the Game’
This paper argues that the 1914 England Women’s hockey tour of Australia and New Zealand has an ambiguous place within wider progress narratives of women’s sport. It created some important sporting precedents, being the first time Australian and New Zealand women’s teams had taken the field. The media reception of the tour was mixed. While the social pages and some of match commentary focused on the appearance of the players, the majority present…
Sport Development in Action
Core Values, Challenges, and Cultural Change
Background: Outward Bound New Zealand (OBNZ) was established in 1962, as part of an international network of outdoor education schools founded in the United Kingdom by Kurt Hahn, with the central values of empowering people to fulfill their potential, fostering compassion, and developing courage. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide an empirical case study of an organization evolving according to an industry life cycle, by examining …
Marion Stell and Heather Reid on women and football in Australasia during the 1970s
Marion Stell and Heather Reid on women and football in Australasia during the 1970s." History Australia, 17(4), pp. 791–792
Bringing biodynamic agriculture to New Zealand in the 1920s and 1930s
Biodynamic agriculture as a form of alternative agriculture dates to a series of lectures delivered by philosopher Rudolf Steiner in 1924 at Schloss Koberwitz (then in Germany now Kobierzyce in Poland). In 2019 biodynamic agriculture occupies some 190,000 ha in 55 countries, though nearly half remains concentrated in Germany. This paper explores the introduction of biodynamic agriculture principles and practices to New Zealand in the 1920s and 19…
Developing Winning Ways for Women’s Sport
New Zealand is one of the very few countries where the national netball team (known as the Silver Ferns) has a high public profile. The popularity of the Silver Ferns reflects in part the status of netball as the most popular team sport in New Zealand in terms of participation. It also, however, reflects the ways in which the captains and coaches of the Silver Ferns have constructed a positive image of the team through developing their team cultu…
Ako
This special issue of Public History Review has been edited by Fiona McKergow, Geoff Watson, David Littlewood and Carol Neill and serves as a sampler of recent work in the field of public history from Aotearoa New Zealand. The articles are derived from papers presented at 'Ako: Learning from History?', the 2021 New Zealand Historical Association conference hosted by Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa. The cover image for this special issue…
A Supplementary Sport? Towards a Historical Analysis of the Development of Badminton in New Zealand, c. 1870–1939
Although badminton has been played in New Zealand for approximately 150 years it has received only minimal attention in scholarly discussions of sport.This paper evaluates the historical development of badminton in New Zealand between 1870 and 1939.It argues that from the last quarter of the nineteenth century badminton was initially played alongside games such as croquet and tennis in mostly private venues as a form of upper-class recreation.It …
Local, National and Global Histories of Field Hockey
Cheap, Scientific and Free From Danger’
Hockey's emergence as an organized sport in New Zealand is typically regarded as having occurred during the 1890s. Reverend Henry Mathias, who formed the Kaiapoi Hockey Club in 1895, has been credited with a particularly influential part in the game's development. Indeed, there is considerable truth to this foundation story in that the formation of clubs in Christchurch was the catalyst for the adoption of the 11-a-side form of the game played un…
New Chinese Migrant Businesses and the Making of Ethnoburbs in Auckland
Ethnoburbs are suburban areas that are characterised by specific ethnic communities, which have significantly reshaped urban landscapes worldwide. This study examines how new Chinese migrant businesses have influenced the cultural and spatial development of ethnoburbs in Auckland, by focusing on the suburb of Albany. Based on in-depth interviews with 16 new Chinese migrant business-owners and guided by mixed embeddedness theory, the article explo…
Exploring New Chinese Migrant Businesses in Auckland, New Zealand
This study examines how new Chinese migrant businesses navigate structural and operational constraints in a high-income, multicultural host-country context, with a particular focus on the role of digital embeddedness. Drawing on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 29 Chinese migrant business owners conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, the study explores how entrepreneurs engage with digital platforms, online networks, and digital…
Political science (14 works) · History (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · History (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (8 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works)