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Netball in Horowhenua

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Netball in Horowhenua

L. Gledhill of the Horowhenua College A team (left) and M. Hooper, captain of the Pirates A team, tussle for the ball during a 1971 netball game. The match was won by Horowhenua College 25–20. Outdoor basketball had been renamed netball the year before.

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Kete Horowhenua, Horowhenua Historical Society

Reference: 1979.137.0871

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Suzanne McFadden, Netball – From basketball to netball, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39215/netball-in-horowhenua (accessed 24 June 2026).

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