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Women’s basketball, or netball as it was later called, became popular from the 1940s in rural areas. This team from Kaponga won the South Taranaki first-grade championship in 1943. They played 13 games and won them all.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, S. T. Allen Collection
Reference: 1/2-125770; F
by Murray Thompson
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