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Kōrero: Tennis

Wairoa district Māori tennis championships, 1949

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A tennis court was laid out at the Huramua Māori farm training centre in the Wairoa district, which was established for Māori returned soldiers after the Second World War. Watch some of the participants and spectators at the Wairoa Māori tennis championships of 1949.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Weekly Review 402. 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

Joseph Romanos, Tennis – Consolidation, 1920s to 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/37341/wairoa-district-maori-tennis-championships-1949 (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Joseph Romanos, i tāngia i te 24 February 2012.