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Story: The New Zealanders

The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1900

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<em>The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine</em>, 1900

The emerging nationalism at the start of the 20th century gave birth to a number of short-lived journals such as The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine. As the cover suggests, the magazine tended to identify New Zealand with its native flora and Māori culture.

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Reference: New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, May 1900

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Jock Phillips, The New Zealanders – Better Britons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/1916/the-new-zealand-illustrated-magazine-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.