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New Zealand’s first Indian hockey team

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New Zealand’s first Indian hockey team

Following the 1935 New Zealand tour of the All India hockey team, Indians in Wellington formed their own hockey team. This photograph, taken in May 1936, shows the Indian team playing University B, a match they won 1–0.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: N-P 932-FRONT

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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Nancy Swarbrick, Indians – Retaining and transforming culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1837/new-zealands-first-indian-hockey-team (accessed 15 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.