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Kōrero: Tennis

Charlton Heston

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Charlton Heston

In 1966 American film actor Charlton Heston played an exhibition tennis match in central Wellington's Mercer Street while visiting New Zealand. Around 10,000 people watched the event.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1966/2713/1

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

Joseph Romanos, Tennis – New growth, 1950s to 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37347/charlton-heston (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Joseph Romanos, i tāngia i te 24 February 2012.