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On the first Tuesday in November every year, at around 5 p.m., New Zealand and Australia come to a standstill for about 3 minutes and 20 seconds for the call of the Melbourne Cup. Relive some of New Zealand's greatest triumphs in ‘the race that stops a nation’.
POWs at Stalag XVIIIA take part in a mock race day
The racehorse Carbine holds the record weight carried to win the Melbourne Cup

Report of New Zealand's first Melbourne Cup winner, Martini Henry

 

 

 

Ethereal wins the 2001 Melbourne Cup
Empire Rose wins the 1988 Melbourne Cup.
Kiwi wins the 1983 Melbourne Cup.
Film showing Van der Hum winning the 1976 Melbourne Cup
Film showing Phar Lap winning the 1930 Melbourne Cup.
Americans and New Zealanders enjoy a day at the Trentham horse races