By Donna Robertson
24 January 1974 - 10th Commonwealth Games open at Queen Elizabeth II Park, one of the greatest sporting events in New Zealand’s history. Visitors include the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne.
commonwealth games, sport, sports, 1974, Commonwealth Games, 10th Commonwealth Games, Christchurch, QEII Park, Queen Elizabeth II Park, 1974, 40th anniversary, Xth Commonwealth Games
Kete Christchurch
Alexander Turnbull Library
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Alexander Turnbull Library
![Image: Shot putt competitors, Gael Mulhall and Ray Rigby at an athletic meeting in Melbourne 1973 [picture].](https://thumbnailer.cloud.digitalnz.org?resize=770&src=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.pic-vn4589619-t&resize=368%3E "Shot putt competitors, Gael Mulhall and Ray Rigby at an athletic meeting in Melbourne 1973 [picture].")
National Library of Australia
![Image: Charlene Rendina, current Australian women's champion for the 400 and 800 metres 1973 [picture].](https://thumbnailer.cloud.digitalnz.org?resize=770&src=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.pic-vn4589618-t&resize=368%3E "Charlene Rendina, current Australian women's champion for the 400 and 800 metres 1973 [picture].")
National Library of Australia
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
NZ On Screen
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Kete Christchurch
Alexander Turnbull Library
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
Kete Christchurch
![Image: Debbie McCawley, 15 year old high jumper at the Commonwealth Games trials in Sydney, later to compete in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, (2) [picture].](https://thumbnailer.cloud.digitalnz.org?resize=770&src=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.pic-vn4590552-t&resize=368%3E "Debbie McCawley, 15 year old high jumper at the Commonwealth Games trials in Sydney, later to compete in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, (2) [picture].")
![Image: Jennifer Turrall, 13 and Sally Lockyer, 14 members of the Australian swimming team in the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in January 1974, in the kitchen with Mrs Turrall [picture].](https://thumbnailer.cloud.digitalnz.org?resize=770&src=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.pic-vn4590560-t&resize=368%3E "Jennifer Turrall, 13 and Sally Lockyer, 14 members of the Australian swimming team in the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in January 1974, in the kitchen with Mrs Turrall [picture].")
