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Ōhingaiti ball

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Ōhingaiti ball

Ōhingaiti locals not only brought Henry Rudolph’s band from Wellington to play at their winter ball in 1938, they also hoped to lure Wellingtonians to dance the night away at the ‘event of the season’. The ‘up’ train arrived from Wellington at 8.15 p.m., and the ‘down’ train left at 2.10 a.m.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – Taihape district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/18985/ohingaiti-ball (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.