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Morris dancers

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Morris dancers

Few exclusively English traditions were brought to New Zealand, but one of these was morris dancing. Here, the ‘black joke’ is being performed for patrons of the Wellington pub Britannia.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1986/0874/4a

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Terry Hearn, English – Importance and influence, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1888/morris-dancers (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Terry Hearn, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.