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Wedding party

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Wedding party

English manners and social rituals became the norm of respectable society in New Zealand. Here, a Christchurch wedding party of 1913 sport formal clothing in the English style.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)

Reference: 1/1-005271; G

by Steffano Francis Webb

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Terry Hearn, English – Values, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2039/wedding-party (accessed 4 June 2026).

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