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Kōrero: Hōiho – horses and iwi

He rēihi wāhine

Wahines’ race

He wāhine Māori i tētahi rēihi i te rohe o Waikato i te tekau tau atu i 1890. He rerekē te noho hōiho o te wahine Māori tērā i te wahine Pākehā. Ka noho te wahine Pākehā ko ōna waewae e rua i tētahi taha; ko te wahine Māori ka noho pērā i ngā tāne, ko tētahi waewae ki tētahi taha, ko tētahi waewae ki tētahi taha.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)

Reference: MNZ-1046-1/4-F

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Hōiho – horses and iwi – Horsemanship, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17822/he-reihi-wahine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.

Comments

Liz Burden
13 March 2019
Wahine' Races and Clerk of the course photos also are in the Wanderlust magazine 1930 by Mrs Malcolm Ross There are others in the article about Waikato Ascot.