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Dragon boat racing

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Dragon boat racing

A sport with origins in the Far East, dragon boat racing has caught on in New Zealand. These teams are battling it out for first place in a school sporting event in February 1998. The team from Hutt Valley High School (foreground) won.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1998/0556/10

by Melanie Burford

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Nancy Swarbrick, Canoeing and rafting – Competitive kayaking, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13095/dragon-boat-racing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009, updated 18 July 2016.