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Sportsmen: George Nēpia

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Sportsmen: George Nēpia

This health stamp from 1990 features rugby legend George Nēpia. Nēpia was born and raised in Wairoa, northern Hawke’s Bay. He married Huinga Raupani Kōhere of Ngāti Porou in 1926 and made his home at Rangitukia, near the mouth of the Waiapu River. In later life he lived with his son Winston at Ruatōria.

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Reference: 1990 Health stamp issue

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – Sport and recreation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33444/sportsmen-george-nepia (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.