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Story: Birthdays and wedding anniversaries

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Celebrating birthdays

  3. Birthday rituals

  4. Celebrating wedding anniversaries

  5. Wedding-anniversary rituals

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Celebrating birthdays

Lolly scramble

Lolly scramble

First birthday, 1960s

First birthday, 1960s

Turning 100

Turning 100

From page 2 - Birthday rituals

Birthday postcards

Birthday postcards

Unwrapping presents, 1960s

Unwrapping presents, 1960s

Birthday parties: David Lange turns 41

Birthday parties: David Lange turns 41 (1st of 3)

Birthday parties: an artist's impression

Birthday parties: an artist's impression (2nd of 3)

Birthday parties: bashing the piñata

Birthday parties: bashing the piñata (3rd of 3)

Turning 21: a joint celebration

Turning 21: a joint celebration (1st of 4)

21st-birthday pare

21st-birthday pare (2nd of 4)

The symbolism of the pare

The symbolism of the pare (3rd of 4)

Turning 21: doing a yardie

Turning 21: doing a yardie (4th of 4)

Birthday cakes

Birthday cakes

From page 3 - Celebrating wedding anniversaries

A radium wedding anniversary

A radium wedding anniversary

Wedding anniversary gifts

Wedding anniversary gifts

Celebrating with a bungy ride

Celebrating with a bungy ride

From page 4 - Wedding-anniversary rituals

A golden wedding illuminated address

A golden wedding illuminated address

25th wedding anniversary celebration

25th wedding anniversary celebration

Wearing the wedding dress again

Wearing the wedding dress again

Renewing vows

Renewing vows

Cutting the cake again

Cutting the cake again

How to cite this page:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/birthdays-and-wedding-anniversaries/media (accessed 24 March 2023)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 5 Sep 2013

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