Story: Rural recreation

Pony club carnival

Pony club carnival

After the Second World War, pony clubs were established in most rural districts. These young riders wearing fancy dress are at the Rotorua Pony Club carnival in January 1977.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AAQT 6539 B12,282
Photograph by Gregory Riethmaier

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Jock Phillips, 'Rural recreation - Rise and fall of rural recreation, 1950–2000', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17691/pony-club-carnival (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Nov 2008