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Highland dancing

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Highland dancing

Young contestants compete in the Highland dancing at the 2008 games, while onlookers shelter from the sun under a canopy supplied by Turakina Māori Girls College. The school was set up in Turakina in 1905, but has been based in nearby Marton since 1928.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – East of Whanganui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19258/highland-dancing (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.