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Wairoa district Māori tennis championships, 1949

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A tennis court was laid out at the Huramua Māori farm training centre in the Wairoa district, which was established for Māori returned soldiers after the Second World War. Watch some of the participants and spectators at the Wairoa Māori tennis championships of 1949.

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Reference: Weekly Review 402. National Film Unit, 1949

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Joseph Romanos, Tennis – Consolidation, 1920s to 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/37341/wairoa-district-maori-tennis-championships-1949 (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Joseph Romanos, published 24 February 2012.