Rationale/Purpose: The survival of New Zealand's amateur sport clubs is threatened by a range of factors. This study investigated how club partnerships may address sustainability concerns brought about through sport environmental changes. Design/Methodology/Approach:Semi-structured interviews with representatives from five sport clubs explored how partnerships could alter sport clubs' business models for long-term viability. Findings: Partnerships enabled clubs' governing bodies to appeal to a wider cross-section of society through improved strategic focus, direction and resource use. This led to membership growth and diversity, enhanced financial viability, improved governance, greater community connection and improved HRM functions. Practical Implications: The study suggests the RCOV model and RDT helped clubs' pre-partnership sustainability issues. Partnerships created larger clubs, enabling financial stability, retention of members, and resource management to overcome environmental challenges.Research Contribution: This study offers perceptions of club partnership outcomes. Critical success factors are presented as a guide of best practice.

The diet of the feral goat (Capra hircus) in rimu-rata-kamahi forest on Mt Taranaki was examined over 1 year from monthly rumen samples. Seasonal changes in diet, relative plant preference ratings, and differential fragmentation and digestion rates of plant species, were measured.Individual rumens contained 19 plant species on average and sometimes more than 30. Two species, (Asplenium bulbiferum and Ripogonum scandens), made up 44.8% of the total volume eaten over the year.Foods which were eaten in significantly different proportions by season included Coprosma grandifolia, Coprosma tenuifolia, Griselinia littoralis, Melicytus ramiflorus, Ripogonum scandens (fruit and vine), Weinmannia racemosa, and Dicksonia squarrosa.Goats selected or rejected different plant species largely independently of plant availability. Schefflera digitata was relatively scarce in the habitat but was possibly the most preferred food. In con: trast, the very abundant Microlaena avenacea, Uncinia spp., moss, Alsophila smithii, and especially Blechnum fluviatile, were among those most avoided.Differential fragmentation and digestion experiments showed that the fern Asplenium bulbiferum was underestimated in the diet.

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The nitrogen and mineral content of seven plant species, preferred by feral goats in the lowland rimu-rata-kamahi forest on eastern Mt Taranaki, were determined. Asplenium bulbiferum, Coprosma grandifolia, and C. lucida were very low in Na; Coprosma lucida, Ripogonum scandens,and Weinmannia racemosa were low in P, in terms of meeting the goat's estimated requirements. However, the animals were in good condition, implying that their nitrogen and mineral intakes were adequate -probably because they selected a range of plant species.