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Early basketball team

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Early basketball team

Members of the A and B teams of St Luke's Presbyterian church, Remuera, Auckland, are pictured in 1906 or 1907, soon after the Reverend J. C. Jamieson began promoting basketball in New Zealand. His photograph is inset.

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Auckland Netball

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Suzanne McFadden, Netball – Origins of netball, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39209/early-basketball-team (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Suzanne McFadden, published 15 November 2012, updated 1 June 2023.