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Kōrero: Softball and baseball

Naenae versus Railways, 1958

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Naenae versus Railways, 1958

A runner slides into home plate during a women's club game between Naenae and Railways at Lower Hutt in 1958. Lower Hutt was the birthplace of softball in New Zealand, thanks to the promotion of the sport by Canadian Bill Wilson, manager of the local Ford Motor Company plant.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: EP/1958/4195-F

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

Tony Smith rāua ko David Green, Softball and baseball – Origins and organisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39627/naenae-versus-railways-1958 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Tony Smith rāua ko David Green, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 1 July 2015.