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Christmas picnic

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Christmas picnic

Campers eat their Christmas dinner in 1915, beside the sea near Auckland. Ever since the late 19th century New Zealanders have enjoyed taking a picnic to the beach.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: Auckland Weekly News, 16 December 1915

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Jock Phillips, Beach culture – The beach and food, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14/christmas-picnic (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.