![]() ![]() It was definitely a dream first book for me to write, in so many ways. Your background is in sports journalism and you’re a self-professed fan of hockey. I asked author Suzanne McFadden a few questions about the book, and what she was hoping to achieve in writing it. ![]() In reading the book I’ve learned at least as much about the politics of the era as I have about the sport. So you can imagine that telling the story of a plucky band of Kiwi hockey players who achieve Olympic gold against the odds (in the final they faced an Australian team who had a 13 game winning-streak against them) – is somewhat problematic given the setting.įortunately in Striking gold: New Zealand hockey’s remarkable victory at the 1976 Olympics author and journalist Suzanne McFadden has done a great job of sitting the stories of these individual players in amongst both the history of hockey in New Zealand, but more importantly the political and social context of that time. This was not our finest hour as a nation. In protest at New Zealand’s attendance at the games and ongoing sporting association with Apartheid South Africa (specifically the All Blacks continuing to tour there), many African nations refuse to take part in the games. It’s 1976 and the Olympic games are being held in Montreal, Canada. ![]()
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