Living on islands - no wonder many New Zealanders have a deep connection to swimming, Annette Lees is a wild swimming enthusiast.
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woman in water – author, Annette Lees: Shane Wright.
Swimmers on Lake Wanaka : Simon Williams
The Ruby Swim, Lake Wanaka : Simon Williams www.swimrubyisland.co.nz
swimmers striking out: Barry Diomede / Alamy Stock Photo
girl jumping in to water holding her nose: Acushla Green
Man and children swimming in a river, Northland c 1920, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ
The joys of summer: boys bathing in a favourite swimming pool on the Waiongonaiti Stream, Inglewood. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries (T Franklyn)
Gwitha Shand and Violet Walrdon 1923 pb
Swimmers during learn-to-swim week at a suburban swimming pool, probably Wellington region. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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