Story: Empire and Commonwealth

Opening the Games (2nd of 2)

Opening the Games

The opening of the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland included this stylised model of the Endeavour (in which British navigator James Cook first travelled to New Zealand). The games took place in New Zealand’s sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) year.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: 021209NZHGAMES1.JPG
Photograph by Glenn Jeffrey

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W. David McIntyre, 'Empire and Commonwealth - From empire to Commonwealth', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/33235/opening-the-games (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by W. David McIntyre, published 20 Jun 2012