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Local regattas

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This 1951 National Film Unit clip features several yachting regattas on lakes, and indicates the enthusiasm of the amateur sailors of this era.

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Reference: New Zealand Mirror 9. National Film Unit, 1951

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Harold Kidd, Sailing and windsurfing – Yachting after 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/7145/local-regattas (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Harold Kidd, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2016.