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Chinese community champions

Basketball appealed to a wide range of groups, including Auckland's Chinese community. In the late 1940s the Auckland Chinese Sports Association ran a tournament for youth. This team won the Chinese Girls' Indoor Basketball Shield in 1949. 

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John Saker, Basketball – Origins and growth, 1908 to 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39886/chinese-community-champions (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Saker, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 October 2015.