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Pony club carnival

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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

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Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Rise and fall of rural recreation, 1950–2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17691/pony-club-carnival (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.