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Graduation parade

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Graduation parade

Capping parades declined in the 1960s as student interest in horseplay faded – and bills for damage by drunken students mounted. They were replaced by formal parades of graduands. This is the University of Otago parade along Dunedin’s George Street in 2008.

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Ben Schrader, Parades and protest marches – Parades, 1890 to 1950, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21083/graduation-parade (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 26 February 2010.