| Summary: | The article discusses the racialized portrayals in the Australian and New Zealand press of famed Hawaiian swimmer and surfer Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968) during his visits to those countries in 1914 to 1915. An Olympic medalist in swimming widely credited with popularizing the sport of surfing, Kahanamoku was commonly described by white journalists according to local racial stereotypes: in Australia, he matched the "Nimble Savage" stereotype of Pacific Islanders as having natural aquatic abilities, and in New Zealand his features were likened to those of the indigenous Maori people. Numerous newspaper articles from both countries are quoted.
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