Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my supervisors Colin McLeay and Lynda Johnston for their guidance. I also wish to acknowledge the support of the University of Waikato, the New Zealand Geographical Society and the Waikato Women’s Graduate Trust.
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Tegan Alexandra Baker
Tegan Baker is a teacher and independent scholar who holds a PhD in geography from the University of Waikato. Her doctoral research focused on the intersection of sport, fandom, home and identity, and examined the creation of ‘home’ by long-distance football fans resident in New Zealand. Her most recent article is ‘“It was precious to me from the beginning”: material objects, long-distance fandom and home’ and can be found in the journal Social and Cultural Geography.