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Curling

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Curling

When the winter is cold enough for the lakes to freeze over in central Otago, the curling season can begin. At Manorburn, Elwyn Hughes of Lowburn sweeps a stone, watched by Jack Davis (left) and Wes Flannery.

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Simon Nathan, Lakes – Recreation and other uses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11828/curling (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 1 March 2009.