Skip to main content

Kōrero: Whanganui region

William Webb

Image
William Webb

One of New Zealand’s earliest sporting heroes, William Webb won the world sculling championships in Sydney in 1907. He is seen here on the Whanganui River, around 1907.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

Reference: 1/1-016305;G

by Frank J. Denton

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

Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Outdoor recreation and leisure, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19082/william-webb (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Diana Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.