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Story: Alcohol

Page 7. All images & media

From page 1 - Colonial drinking, 1800–1880

From page 2 - Prohibition movement, 1880–1919

From page 3 - The beer swill, 1919–1960

From page 4 - The drink revolution, 1960 onwards

From page 5 - Drinking patterns and social impacts

How to cite this page

Jock Phillips, Alcohol, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/230174/media (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 18 March 2015, updated 1 April 2016.