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Auckland power-boat race 1964

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Auckland power-boat race 1964

The starters head off in an offshore power-boat race at Westhaven, Auckland, on 11 April 1964. The race consisted of a 100-mile (161-kilometre) lap of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour. It was the beginning of serious offshore powerboat racing in New Zealand.

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Peter Clayworth, Powered water sports – Power-boat racing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40440/auckland-power-boat-race-1964 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 30 November 2012.