Story: Rural recreation
Women’s basketball, or netball as it was later called, became popular from the 1940s in rural areas. This team from Kaponga won the South Taranaki first-grade championship in 1943. They played 13 games and won them all.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, S. T. Allen Collection
Reference: 1/2-125770; F
Photograph by Murray Thompson
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
