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Kōrero: Chinese

T'ai chi practice, 1995

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Tai Chi practice, 1995

T'ai chi, a Chinese mental and physical discipline usually practised in the outdoors, is popular with New Zealanders of many ethnicities. Philipe Kwong, Peter Young and Rima McDonald are pictured exercising in a park, dressed for the Wellington winter.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 3627 Recreation:Martial Arts 14/1

by Phil Reid

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

Manying Ip, Chinese – An evolving culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/517/tai-chi-practice-1995 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Manying Ip, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.