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Pole vaulters Hori Eruera and Jimmy Te Paa, late 1890s

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Pole vaulters Hori Eruera and Jimmy Te Paa, late 1890s

Hori Eruera (left) and Jimmy Te Paa were leading New Zealand pole vaulters in the 1890s. Both won Australasian titles in the late 1890s, with heights that matched those of the best northern-hemisphere athletes.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Peter Heidenstrom, Athletes of the century: 100 years of New Zealand track and field. Wellington: GP Publications, 1992, p. 114

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David Colquhoun, Athletics – Athletics, 1887–1914, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39928/pole-vaulters-hori-eruera-and-jimmy-te-paa-late-1890s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Colquhoun, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 20 September 2016.