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Kōrero: Olympic and Commonwealth games

The sevens team, Melbourne, 2006

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The sevens team, Melbourne, 2006

Rugby sevens has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1998, and by 2018 the New Zealand team had won gold in the event five times. In this photograph, the team performs a victory haka after placing first at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Brett Phibbs

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Joseph Romanos, Olympic and Commonwealth games – Commonwealth Games stars, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37946/the-sevens-team-melbourne-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Joseph Romanos, i tāngia i te 14 November 2012, updated 1 June 2023.