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Netball at Hataitai Park

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 Netball at Hataitai Park

This shot of Hataitai Park, in Wellington, shows young netballers in action on a Saturday morning in June 2013. Behind the netball courts is a rugby field that sometimes becomes softball diamonds in summer.

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Ben Schrader, Children and sport – Growth of children’s sport, 1920 to 1969, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41517/netball-at-hataitai-park (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 1 May 2013.