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Kōrero: Māori rugby – whutupaoro

Ko George Nēpia

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Rugby and rugby-league great George Nēpia, fullback, clears the ball in his only test match for the Kiwis league team

Ko te toa tākaro whutupaoro me te rīki, ko Hōri Nēpia, te haika e whana whakawaho ana i te paoro i tana tākaro kotahi mō te tīma rīki o Aotearoa. I te papa tākaro o Carlaw Park, i Ākarana i te tau 1937. I toa a Aotearoa ki Ahitereiria 16-15.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: Auckland Star, 16 August, 1937

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

Malcolm Mulholland, Māori rugby – whutupaoro – Māori and rugby league – history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39652/george-nepia (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm Mulholland, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 1 January 2015.