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Vitoria Faasoo plays cricket

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Vitoria Faasoo plays cricket

Samoans have made a huge impact on New Zealand sport, and many leading rugby and netball players have a Samoan background. Yet traditional Samoan games such as Samoan cricket (kirikiti) are also played in New Zealand. Here, Vitoria Faasoo, from Porirua, takes a mighty swipe and is bowled.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP-Ethnology-Polynesian-03
Photograph by Ray Pigney

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.

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Misatauveve Melani Anae. 'Samoans', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/samoans/5/7