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A holiday under canvas

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A holiday under canvas

Tents stretch along Ōrākei Beach in Auckland. Tents were the cheapest and most portable form of holiday accommodation, and camping holidays became very popular in New Zealand.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Holidays – Holiday accommodation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40753/a-holiday-under-canvas (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 24 January 2013.