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Kōrero: Beach culture

New Zealand Motor Cup, Muriwai Beach

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New Zealand Motor Cup, Muriwai Beach

In the early days of motoring, people frequently drove on the hard flat surface of the beach. The first car races were at Muriwai Beach in 1921. This beach was still holding car races five years later.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: Album 277

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Beach culture – Travellers on the beach, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9100/new-zealand-motor-cup-muriwai-beach (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.