Kōrero: Sport and society

Tossing the caber (3 o 3)

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 City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: AWNS-19070314-6-1

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Greg Ryan, 'Sport and society - Popular participation, 1910–1970', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39403/tossing-the-caber (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Greg Ryan, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013