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Rowing race

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A 1946 rowing race on the Whanganui River ends in a narrow victory for the Auckland team.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Weekly Review 236. National Film Unit, 1946

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – Whanganui River, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/18961/rowing-race (accessed 11 June 2026).

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