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Kōrero: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin

Commonwealth Games bowls poster, 1974

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Commonwealth Games bowls poster, 1974

The Commonwealth Games have been important in raising the public profile of bowls in New Zealand. Men's bowls have been part of the games since 1930, but women's bowls were not until 1982. At the 1974 games New Zealand won a gold in the men's fours and a bronze in the pairs.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-SPORTS-1974-02-8

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Lindsay Knight, Bowls, pétanque and tenpin – Lawn bowlers and competitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/37984/commonwealth-games-bowls-poster-1974 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lindsay Knight, i tāngia i te 15 November 2012, updated 1 January 2015.