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Kōrero: Sport and society

Tossing the caber

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Tossing the caber
The Scots brought their tradition of Highland Games to New Zealand. One event was the caber toss. Here a competitor attempts to toss the caber, a long wooden pole, at the Waihi Miners' Union Sports.

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

Reference: AWNS-19070314-6-1

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Greg Ryan, Sport and society – Popular participation, 1910–1970, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39403/tossing-the-caber (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Greg Ryan, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.