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Kōrero: Māori and sport – hākinakina

Ko Walter Godfrey

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Walter Godfrey

E kuru ana a Walter Godfrey ki te Karapu Hahaupōro o te rohe o Tūranganui. E tākaro ana ia ki te ngaio o Ahitereiria, ki a Bob Tuohy. I hinga ia mā te kotahi piro. 16 tōna pakeke ka toa ia i te Whakataetae Hahaupōro o Aotearoa, i te tau 1958. I muri mai ka takahi ia i te huarahi ngaio. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Tairawhiti Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Te Tairawhiti

Reference: Gisborne Photo News, 28 January 1965, p. 54

Permission of Tairawhiti Museum, PO Box 716, Gisborne, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Māori and sport – hākinakina – Māori and sport in the early 20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41444/walter-godfrey (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 May 2013.