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New Zealand’s first Indian hockey team

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New Zealand’s first Indian hockey team

Following the 1935 New Zealand tour of the All India hockey team, Indians in Wellington formed their own hockey team. This photograph, taken in May 1936, shows the Indian team playing University B, a match they won 1–0.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: N-P 932-FRONT

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Nancy Swarbrick, Indians – Retaining and transforming culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1837/new-zealands-first-indian-hockey-team (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.