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Kōrero: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin

Playing bowls in Rotorua, 1980s

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Playing bowls in Rotorua, 1980s

In front of the handsome bathhouse building in Rotorua, bowlers dressed in their whites contemplate the position of their team's bowls.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 1021-811

by Eric W. Young

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lindsay Knight, Bowls, pétanque and tenpin – Lawn bowls: game, history and organisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37972/playing-bowls-in-rotorua-1980s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lindsay Knight, i tāngia i te 15 November 2012, updated 1 January 2015.