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Talking after church

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Talking after church

People gather to talk after a church service at the Ngāhinepōuri hall, Waikato, probably in the 1940s or 1950s. News and information spread through country districts by word of mouth whenever people gathered for community events.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Rural services – Getting news and information, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18565/talking-after-church (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.