Sport in Ōtaki through the years

Print, Photographic2006.701.02

Joan Ludlam (Taylor) photographed at a n Easter meeting of the Ōtaki and District Horse Sports....
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Penelope and Timothy Mansell, photograhed at an Easter meeting of the Ōtaki and District Horse Sports....
Print, Photographic2006.254.01
Kim and Brooke Zander
Kim and Brooke Zander on a grey horse. Members of NZ team for International Young Riders' Equestrian Event at Taupo, November 1998, where they made up half the NZ team. Competing teams were from Australia, North Island, and South Island in the unde...
Print, Photographic2006.260.01
Ōtaki Basketball Team
Ōtaki Basketball Team, the Magpies in 1937. L-R: Jessie Wood, Daphne Meyer, Mavis Piki, Alice Freeman, Ena Sinkinson, ?, Mavis Wylie, ?. See OHJ24:33...
Print, Photographic2006.277.01
Kia Toa Football team
Kia Toa Rugby Football team, winners of the Horowhenua Championship 1909-10. Most not identified but includes Kingi Tahiwi, Henry Tahiwi, George Armstrong, Uma Taipua, - Hadfield, - Knocks. See OHJ11:25-43...
Print, Photographic2006.278.02
Te Horo Football team
Te Horo Football Team. Back row L to R: Wi Marino, Maw Ropata, Charlie Thompson, Moreley Day, Fred Morgan, Bill Fielding, Percy Guy, - Watts. Second row; J Puti, Cliff Gawler, Phillip Cook, Gobo Marino, R Windley, H Windley, Jim O'Grady. Front:...
Print, Photographic2006.280.01
Ōtaki Junior Football Team
Ōtaki Junior Football Team 1929. Winners of Horowhenua Junior Championship and Licensed Victuallers Cup. Back row, L to R: R Marsden, H Derham, B Ryder, J Macdonald, J Bevan, G Flutey, R Merwood, J McGill (delegate to HRDC). Middle: S A Elliott...
Print, Photographic2006.279.01
Ōtaki Senior Football Team
Ōtaki Senior Football Team, winners Horowhenua Championship 1937, and holders of the Ramsbottom and McLennan Cups. Top row, L to R: John Huff, H Te Hana, S Kaihau, D Clunie, T Gray, Leo Barrett, Rawhiti Higgott. Middle: Jim Sievers, Joe Jenkins, P...
Print, Photographic2006.276.01
Rahui schoolboy rugby team
Rahui schoolboy 11 grade teams combined red and blue, 1987. They won most of their games that year. Back row, L to R: Joanne -, Sam O'Rourke, ?, ?, ?, Andrew Carroll, ?, Nick Collings, Michael Baumgaart, Todd Nicholson. Front: ?, ?, ?, Ian Walla...
File, Digital2012.020.12 REF
Married Men's Race
Married Men's Race at the Ōtaki Domain. Bill Connor is about to reach the finish line. Other runners include Turoa Webster, Rex Nicolson and Jack McLeod. A large crowd can be seen in the background and numerous large pine trees....
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This photograph is from the collection of Bob Malcolmson, a reporter for the Levin Chronicle 1960's to1970's. This is a photo of unidentified college girls lining up for the start of a race at an athletics event. The 1950 British Empire Games...
Records2013.038.01

Ōtaki Amateur Athletic Club Annual Sports Meeting Programme at Ōtaki Domain, January 6 1951. Contains names of committee, competitors and advertisers....
Print, Photographic2006.262.04
Bandoliers Marching Team 1948
Bandoliers Marching Team, 1948. Marching from west to east down Main Street near Matene St corner, with Gimblett's and Hing's stores and several parked cars. The Bandoliers are led by the Ōtaki Brass Band, with the drummer Ray Bills in the picture...
Print, Photographic2006.264.01
Casualairs Marching Team 1954
Casualairs Marching Team 1954. Back L to R A Nicholson, N George, M Honeybone, M Low, Y Black,. Front Vic Bertelsen, D Low, M Ross, H Taratoa, N Ropata. Several trophies. See OHJ9:26...
Print, Photographic2006.687.016

Ōtaki Tuis Marching Team at Hutt Park, Lower Hutt - won first prize Coach: Noeleen Walter, now Papps, nee Bertelsen...
Badge2015.021.01

Hat badge from marching girl's hat - Bandoliers, Ōtaki girls' marching team...
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Badges worn on marching uniform Ōtaki marching girls' team : Bandoliers. Badges won in marching competitions. Pinned onto blue velvet....
Print, Photographic2006.269.02
Duck Shooters at Lake Wairongomai
Duck Shooters at Lake Wairongomai (back of Ōtaki Golf Course) in May 1936. Wi Nicholls, Albert Mita, Hema Hakaraia; Stewart Kaihau, - Gordon, Harry Phillips; - Bergison, Jack Gillespie, Davie Nicholls, Sonny Enoka, Bunny Carkeek; Doug Webster, S...
Print, Photographic2006.267.03

Kapiti Deerstalkers, the Field Shield. This was donated by W H Field to the Hautere Defence Club in 1908. It is still (1989) being contested annually at Levin WRC each January on Anniversary Weekend by teams from the lower North Island. See OHJ12:...
Print, Photographic2010.029.01
Horowhenua ladies hockey team
Horowhenua Representative Ladies Hockey team c 1935 Hector Nicolson, of the Ōtaki Mail, is on the left. The referee, standing on the right is Mr Kura Davis of Manakau. There are eleven hockey players posing in their team uniform: L to R back: Lovey...
Print, Photographic2006.310.01
Horowhenua Women's Hockey Team
Horowhenua Women's Hockey Team. Thirteen women, not named. Front row women hold hockey sticks....
Print, Photographic2006.307.02
Ōtaki Hockey Club
Ōtaki Hockey Club. Men's team. Back row, L to R: Hector Nicolson (coach), P. Freeman, Harold Cockrell, -, H Bell, W. Hughes, Mosley. Front: Hugh Cockrell, Frank Penn, O. Bennett, Paris Anderson, Leslie Atkins. See OHJ2:59...
Print, Photographic2006.318.01
Women's softball team
Women's softball team marching down Main Street past the Family Hotel. Behind them is the men's team led by boys carrying a placard with an "A" in a circle....
Print, Photographic2006.673.001

Photograph of Ōtaki School Softball A Team c1958...
Cup, Competition2021.142.03

Silver cup on brown plastic base. Ōtaki Swimming Club - Yates Furniture Co - Swimming Relay, Mixed Team Winners engraved: 1995 - Hamish Barham Pharmacy 1996 - Te Wananga o Raukawa...
Print, Photographic2006.288.02
Ōtaki Cricket Club past and present.
Ōtaki Cricket Club past and present, 50th anniversary, October 1949. Back, L to R: C Pike, K Hakaraia, H Anketell, E T Bartosh, W Dodds, C F Atmore, D Noble. Front: R Tahiwi, E P Simcox, F S Simcox, W M Simcox, F de Clifford, A Flutey.. In front...
Print, Photographic2006.265.02
Ōtaki Tennis Club children
Ōtaki Tennis Club children. LtoR: Waldyve St. George, Rena Stevens holding Sybil St. George, Keith St. George, two Hartman girls, Molly Jensen, Joyce Booth holding Patricia Jensen, Bernie Petrie and Pat O'Rourke. See OHJ9:22-23...
Postcard2006.265.03
Ōtaki Tennis Club postcard
Ōtaki Tennis Club opening of 1914 season. A few people are named, including Mrs St. George third from left in front holding Sybil, Waldyve St. George at far right and Keith St. George in front with white hat. Pat O'Rourke next to Waldyve. Booth gi...
Print, Photographic2009.046.123

Woman dressed in a "leg of mutton" gown, wearing a flowered hat and holding a tennis raquet in her right hand. The photo is mounted on a card bearing a logo across the bottom inscribed 'Heginbotham's Tea Gardens, Kilbirnie', which was at its peak in...
Print, Photographic2012.007.02
Convent Pukeraka - Cook FamilyCook family
The Cook Family in front of the Convent at Pukekaraka, holding tennis racquets....
File, Digital2006.730.07

Digital photo of Ōtaki Sports Club members Adam Shelton (tennis development lead) and Hannah Grimmett (president) with the regional club of the year trophy. See OHJ vol 43 page 62...
Print, Photographic2006.272.04
Ōtaki Bowling Club 1953
Ōtaki Bowling Club 1953. Shows the bowling green and pavilion, roller, men playing bowls and men watching....
Print, Photographic2023.234.01

Photograph of Members of Ōtaki Bowling and Petanque Clubs...
Cup, Competition2023.129.01

Competition cup for lawn bowls on a black plastic base. Fixed to the balck base are 23 silver medallions engraved with date and club name. Engraved with the words "Presented By R. McKeen. Esq - Mayor Ōtaki 1955". From the medallions on the black bas...
Cloth, Cleaning2023.192.06
Ōtaki Bowling Club Inc75th Anniversary
Ōtaki Bowling Club Inc 75th Anniversary bowling cloth used for cleaning bowls....
Bowls2023.239.02

One set of 4 Henselite lawn bowls belonging to the Ōtaki Bowling Club....
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Site of the new Petanque lawn - July 2002...
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Ōtaki Bowling Club opening of the Petanque and No1 Green 2008...
File, Digital2010.074.01 REF
Ōtaki Croquet Club
Ōtaki Croquet Club members seated for a photograph at Ōtaki Domain c.1930. The women are all wearing hats and dresse. Some are posing with their mallets. One woman is holding a dog. Maggie Cobb, seated front left. Copied from the original photograp...
Print, Photographic2006.474.01
Aerial View of Ōtaki Township over Haruati Park
Coloured aerial view of Haruatai Park, looking over Ōtaki township west to the coast. Featuring newly built squash courts, swimming pool and soccor fields. Ōtaki Cottage Hospital, Rahui sports ground and the Ōtaki Primary School in centre of photo,...
Print, Photographic2019.009.04

Drone aerial photo of Ōtaki looking south east with swimming pool, Tennis courts and squash courts in the foreground....
Print, Photographic2006.320.02
Ōtaki Sports Committee
Ōtaki Sports Committee: Back, L to R: J Bills, A Jenkins, Donald Wilson, G cook, Mr Vaughn, J Morgan, Mr Wells. Middle: C Pointyer, C Bevan, G Gordon, Eli Allan, Mark Ayre, T Lanchester, B Lander, B Howell. Front: Bill Wilson, Alf Knox. See pag...
Print, Photographic2006.320.03
Ōtaki Sports Committee, Boxing Day
Committee of the first Boxing Day Sports held on the Ōtaki Racecourse. Back, L to R: Fred Brunell, Jack Taylor, Walter (Chappie) Bills, Ian Bradbury, Meta Johnson, Bill Reynolds, Ted Furze, Henry Wilson, George Grey,Raukawa (Bunny) Tahiwi. Front:...

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