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Most of the major sporting codes played in New Zealand have British origins.[349] Rugby union is considered the national sport[350] and attracts the most spectators.[351] Golf, netball, tennis and cricket have the highest rates of adult participation, while netball, rugby union and football (soccer) are particularly popular among young people.[351][352] Around 54% of New Zealand adolescents participate in sports for their school.[352] Victorious rugby tours to Australia and the United Kingdom in the late 1880s and the early 1900s played an early role in instilling a national identity.[353] Horseracing was also a popular spectator sport and became part of the "Rugby, Racing and Beer" culture during the 1960s.[354] Maori participation in European sports was particularly evident in rugby and the country's team performs a haka, a traditional Maori challenge, before international matches.[355] New Zealand is known for its extreme sports, adventure tourism[356] and strong mountaineering tradition, as seen in the success of notable New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary.[357][358] Other outdoor pursuits such as cycling, fishing, swimming, running, tramping, canoeing, hunting, snowsports, surfing and sailing are also popular.[359] New Zealand has seen regular sailing success in the America's Cup regatta since 1995.[360] The Polynesian sport of waka ama racing has experienced a resurgence of interest in New Zealand since the 1980s.[361] New Zealand has competitive international teams in rugby union, rugby league, netball, cricket, softball, and sailing. New Zealand participated at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1912 as a joint team with Australia, before first participating on its own in 1920.[362] The country has ranked highly on a medals-to-population ratio at recent Games.[363][364] The "All Blacks", the national rugby union team, are the most successful in the history of international rugby[365] and have won the World Cup three times The national cuisine has been described as Pacific Rim, incorporating the native Maori cuisine and diverse culinary traditions introduced by settlers and immigrants from Europe, Polynesia and Asia.[367] New Zealand yields produce from land and sea—most crops and livestock, such as maize, potatoes and pigs, were gradually introduced by the early European settlers.[368] Distinctive ingredients or dishes include lamb, salmon, koura (crayfish),[369] dredge oysters, whitebait, paua (abalone), mussels, scallops, pipis and tuatua (both are types of New Zealand shellfish),[370] kumara (sweet potato), kiwifruit, tamarillo and pavlova (considered a national dish).[371][367] A hangi is a traditional Maori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven. After European colonisation, Maori began cooking with pots and ovens and the hangi was used less frequently, although it is still used for formal occasions such as tangihanga.[372]
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