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Kōrero: Government and sport

School sports day, Dargaville

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School sports day, Dargaville

A boy competes in the high jump at a school sports day in the Dargaville Domain in the mid 1940s. From the turn of the 20th century almost every public school held an annual sports day.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Robert E. Wells Collection (PAColl-0001)

Reference: 1/4-091104-F

by Robert E. Wells

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

David Green, Government and sport – Support for children’s sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41700/school-sports-day-dargaville (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Green, i tāngia i te 20 May 2013.