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Kōrero: Skiing

Walking to the skifield

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Walking to the skifield

Before the development of ski tows, skiers often had to walk a considerable distance to get to the skifield. These women are walking up to the Rangiwahia Ski Club field in the Ruahine Range in 1938.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, B. Davis Collection (PAColl-0328)

Reference: 1/4-038813; F

by Bruce Valentine Davis

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Andrew Troup, Skiing – Club skiing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11844/walking-to-the-skifield (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Andrew Troup, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.