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Women's badminton, Malaya, 1960

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New Zealanders began competing internationally at badminton in the early 1930s. This 1960 newsreel shows a women's doubles badminton match in Malaya between a New Zealand team and a local team. The match was part of a wider international tour. 

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 103. National Film Unit, 1960

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Mark Derby, Indoor sports – Badminton, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/41046/womens-badminton-malaya-1960 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 7 March 2013, updated 1 June 2016.