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Kōrero: Olympic and Commonwealth games

1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games stamps

This postage stamp series commemorated the 10th British Commonwealth Games at Christchurch in 1974. The stamps show athletics, cycling, shooting and bowls. The second stamp from the left depicts a wheelchair basketball player, and marks the fourth British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, held in Dunedin just before the Christchurch games.

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New Zealand Post

Reference: 1974 Commonwealth Games stamp issue

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Joseph Romanos, Olympic and Commonwealth games – New Zealand as the Commonwealth Games host, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/37927/1974-christchurch-commonwealth-games-stamps (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Joseph Romanos, i tāngia i te 1 May 2012, updated 1 June 2023.