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Kōrero: Gender inequalities

Marching girls, judging men

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Marching began in the 1930s, and was a women's sport from the start. This 1949 film clip shows national championships held in particularly bad Wellington weather. Although all the competitors were women, the judges were men – this was standard for women's sports at the time, and would remain so for decades to come.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Weekly Review 396. National Film Unit, 1949

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Anne Else, Gender inequalities – Sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/28661/marching-girls-judging-men (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Anne Else, i tāngia i te 26 April 2011.