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Kōrero: Powered water sports

Bill Hamilton, nāna te waka kōpana i hanga

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Bill Hamilton, designer of the jet boat

I pakeke a Bill Hamilton ki tētahi pāmu i te ikawhenua o Te Wai Pounamu. Mai anō i tana tamarikitanga i akiakina a ia kia kimi oranga mōna i ngā raruraru tērā ka tūpono i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Ka whakatūria e ia he hēte hei mahi mīhini mō ngā hanganga nui i runga i ana hoahoa waipēhi. I te tekau tau atu i 1950 ka auahatia e ia he mīhini kōpana wai, te takenga mai o ngā waka kōpana. Taea ai e ēnei waka te haere i ngā wai pāpaku rawa ki ētahi atu waka. Ka hau te rongo ki te ao mō ana mīhini kōpana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hamilton Jet

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Clayworth, Powered water sports – Jet-propelled water sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4156/bill-hamilton-nana-te-waka-kopana-i-hanga (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Clayworth, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.